Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 216 - Department of health
Chapter 60 - Laboratories and Medical Examiner
Subchapter 05 - State Laboratory
Part 6 - Licensing Analytical Laboratories for Sampling and Testing Cannabis
Section 216-RICR-60-05-6.1 - Authority
These regulations are established pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 21-28.6-12(f)(10) and 21-28.6-16(f) for the purpose of establishing the minimum standards for licensing analytical laboratories to collect, sample, and analyze cannabis products cultivated and/or manufactured by registered compassion centers and licensed cultivators. This is required to ensure the qualifications and competence of personnel and to ensure the adequacy of equipment, facilities, procedures, and quality systems required to characterize cannabinoid identity and content profiles, and test samples of finished cannabis products for biological and chemical contaminants. These regulations also establish the form and content of initial and renewal applications for licensing.