Current through December 12, 2024
1. Each marijuana testing facility must:
(a) Follow the most current version of the
Cannabis Inflorescence: Standards of Identity, Analysis, and Quality Control monograph published by the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia.
(b) Follow the
Recommendations for Regulators - Cannabis Operations published by the American Herbal Products Association.
(c) Be accredited pursuant to standard ISO/IEC 17025 of the International Organization for Standardization by an impartial organization that operates in conformance with standard ISO/IEC 17011 of the International Organization for Standardization and is a signatory to the Mutual Recognition Arrangement of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation.
(d) Follow the
Guidelines for Laboratories Performing Microbiological and Chemical Analyses of Food, Dietary Supplements, and Pharmaceuticals - An Aid to the Interpretation of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (2015) published by AOAC International.
2. Each marijuana testing facility shall become proficient in testing samples using the analytical methods approved by the Department within 6 months after the date upon which the marijuana testing facility is issued a license.
3. The Department may require a marijuana testing facility to have the basic proficiency of the marijuana testing facility to execute correctly the analytical testing methodologies used by the marijuana testing facility validated and monitored on an ongoing basis by an independent third party.
4. Each marijuana testing facility shall:
(a) Adopt and follow minimum good laboratory practices which must, at a minimum, satisfy the
OECD Series on Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Compliance Monitoring published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
(b) Become certified by the International Organization for Standardization and agree to have the inspections and reports of the International Organization for Standardization made available to the Department.
(c) Maintain internal standard operating procedures.
(d) Maintain a quality control and quality assurance program.
5. The Department or an independent third party authorized by the Department may conduct an inspection of the practices, procedures and programs adopted, followed and maintained pursuant to subsection 4 and inspect all records of the marijuana testing facility that are related to the inspection.
6. A marijuana testing facility must use, when available, testing methods that have undergone validation by the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International, the Performance Tested Methods Program of the Research Institute of AOAC International, the Bacteriological Analytical Manual of the Food and Drug Administration, the International Organization for Standardization, the United States Pharmacopeia, the Microbiology Laboratory
Guidebook of the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture or an equivalent third-party validation study approved by the Department of Taxation. If no such testing method is available, a marijuana testing facility may use an alternative testing method or a testing method developed by the marijuana testing facility upon demonstrating the validity of the testing method to and receiving the approval of the Department.
7. The Department hereby adopts by reference:
(a) The
Cannabis Inflorescence: Standards of Identity, Analysis, and Quality Control monograph published by the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia. A copy of that publication may be obtained from the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, P.O. Box 66809, Scotts Valley, California 95067, or at the Internet address
http://www.herbal-ahp.org/, for the price of $44.95.
(b) The OECD Series on Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Compliance Monitoring published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. A copy of that publication may be obtained free of charge from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development at the Internet address
http://www.oecd.org/env/ehs/testing/oecdseriesonprinciplesofgoodlaboratorypracticeglpandcompliancemonitoring.htm.
(c) Standard ISO/IEC 17025 published by the International Organization for Standardization. A copy of that publication may be obtained from the American National Standards Institute at the Internet address
https://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=ISO%2fIEC+17025%3a2005 for the price of $162.
(d) The
Guidelines for Laboratories Performing Microbiological and Chemical Analyses of Food, Dietary Supplements, and Pharmaceuticals - An Aid to the Interpretation of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (2015) published by AOAC International. A copy of that publication may be obtained from AOAC International at the Internet address
http://www.aoac.org/aoac_prod_imis/AOAC/AOAC_Member/PUBSCF/ALACCCF/ALACC_M.aspx for the price of $190.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Taxation by R092-17, eff. 2-27-2018
NRS 453D.200
