Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 845 - OREGON LIQUOR AND CANNABIS COMMISSION
Division 25 - RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
Section 845-025-5810 - Industrial Hemp and Hemp Item Testing - Purpose and Scope

(1) The purpose of OAR 845-025-5800 to 845-025-5850 is to describe how licensees and certificate holders must comply with the testing requirements for harvested industrial hemp and hemp items that are tracked in CTS.

(2) These requirements do not apply to harvested industrial hemp or hemp items that a certificate holder does not intend to transfer to a licensee.

(3) A certificate holder may not sell or transfer harvested industrial hemp or a hemp item to a licensee unless it is first tested by a laboratory as required by these rules.

(4) A licensee may not sell or transfer harvested industrial hemp or a hemp item unless it is first tested by a laboratory as required by these rules, except for a processor transferring a hemp item to a wholesaler to coordinate testing as described in OAR 845-025-5840.

(5) A licensee may not accept the transfer of harvested industrial hemp or a hemp item that is not sampled and passed any required compliance test in accordance with these rules, except for a wholesaler accepting the transfer of a hemp item from a processor to coordinate testing as described in OAR 845-025-5840.

(6) These rules require harvested industrial hemp and hemp items to be sampled, tested, and reported in a manner consistent with the Authority's marijuana and hemp sampling and testing rules in OAR chapter 333, divisions 7 and 64. In applying those rules:

(7) To be sufficient to meet the requirement for testing under these rules, a licensee or certificate holder must ensure through a testing agreement or contract with the laboratory licensee, that the laboratory: