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2828 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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3030 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (202 3)
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3232 HOUSE BILL 1552 By: Moore
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3838 AS INTRODUCED
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4040 An Act relating to medical marijuana; amending 63
4141 O.S. 2021, Section 427.17, as last amended by Section
4242 1, Chapter 353, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O. S. Supp. 2022,
4343 Section 427.17), which relates to the Oklahoma
4444 Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act ;
4545 directing employees of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
4646 Authority to collect and submit samples; and
4747 providing an effective date.
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5454 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
5555 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 427.17, as
5656 last amended by Section 1, Chapter 353, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp.
5757 2022, Section 427.17), is a mended to read as follows:
5858 Section 427.17 A. There is hereby created a medical marijuana
5959 testing laboratory licens e as a category of the medical marijuana
6060 business license. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority is
6161 hereby enabled to monitor, inspect and audit a licensed testing
6262 laboratory under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
6363 Protection Act.
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9090 B. 1. The Authority is hereby authorized to contract with a
9191 private laboratory for the purpose of conducting compliance testing
9292 of medical marijuana testing laboratories licensed in this state.
9393 Any such laboratory under contract for compliance testing shall be
9494 prohibited from conducting any other commercial medical ma rijuana
9595 testing in this state. The laboratory the Authority contracts with
9696 for compliance testing shall not employ, or be owned by, the
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9898 a. any individual that has a direct or indirect interest
9999 in a licensed medical marijuana business , or
100100 b. any individual or his or her spouse, parent, child,
101101 spouse of a child, sibling or spouse of a sibling that
102102 has an application for a medical marijuana business
103103 license pending before the Authority or is a member of
104104 the board of directors of a medi cal marijuana
105105 business, or is an individual financially interested
106106 in any licensee or medical marijuana business located
107107 within this state.
108108 2. The private laboratory under contract with the Authority for
109109 compliance testing and a board or committee comprised of licensed
110110 Oklahoma medical marijuana laboratories currently accredited by the
111111 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) shall provide
112112 to the Authority its recommendations for all equipment and standards
113113 to be utilized by licensed medical marijuana testing laboratories
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140140 when testing samples of medical marijuana, medical marijuana
141141 concentrate, and medical marijuana products as well as standard
142142 operating procedures when extracting and testing medical marijuana,
143143 medical marijuana concentrate, and medical marijuana products. The
144144 recommendations shall be submitted to the Authority no later tha n
145145 June 1, 2023. The Authority shall have ninety (90) days from the
146146 date it receives the recommendations to promulgate new rules or
147147 modify its current rules for laboratory standards and testing.
148148 Beginning June 1, 2024, medical marijuana testing laboratories
149149 renewing their medical marijuana business license shall be subject
150150 to and comply with any new or modified rules relating to the testing
151151 of medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate, and medical
152152 marijuana products. The refusal or failure of a med ical marijuana
153153 testing laboratory licensee to comply with new or modified rules
154154 relating to laboratory standards and testing procedures p romulgated
155155 under the provisions of this paragraph shall result in the permanent
156156 revocation of the medical marijuana tes ting laboratory license.
157157 C. The Authority shall develop acceptable testin g practices
158158 including, but not limited to, testing, standards, qual ity control
159159 analysis, equipment certification and calibration, and chemical
160160 identification and substances used.
161161 D. A person who is a direct beneficial owner of a medical
162162 marijuana dispensary, medical marij uana commercial grower or medical
163163 marijuana processor shall not be an owner of a laboratory.
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190190 E. A laboratory and a laboratory applicant shall comply with
191191 all applicable local ordinances including, but not limited to,
192192 zoning, occupancy, licensing and build ing codes.
193193 F. A separate license shall be require d for each specific
194194 laboratory.
195195 G. A medical marijuana testing laboratory license may be issued
196196 to a person who performs testing on medical marijuana and medical
197197 marijuana products for medical marijuana bu sinesses, medical
198198 marijuana research facilities, m edical marijuana education
199199 facilities, and testing on marijuana and marijuana products grown or
200200 produced by a patient or caregiver on behalf of a patient, upon
201201 verification of registration . A medical marijuana testing
202202 laboratory may also conduct research related to the development and
203203 improvement of its testing practices and procedures. No state-
204204 approved medical mari juana testing facility shall operate unless a
205205 medical laboratory director is on site during operational hours.
206206 H. Laboratory applicants and licensees shall comply with the
207207 application requirements of this section and shall submit such other
208208 information as required for a medical marijuana business applicant,
209209 in addition to any information the Au thority may request for initial
210210 approval and periodic evaluations during the approval period.
211211 I. A 1. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection,
212212 a medical marijuana testing laboratory may accept samples of medical
213213 marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate or medical marijuana
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240240 product from a medical mari juana business, medical marijuana
241241 research facility or medical marijuana education facility for
242242 testing purposes only, which purposes may include the provision of
243243 testing services for samples submitted by a medical marijuana
244244 business for product developmen t. The Authority may require a
245245 medical marijuana business to submit a sample of medical marijuana,
246246 medical marijuana concentrate or medical marijuana product to a
247247 medical marijuana testing or quality assurance laboratory upon
248248 demand.
249249 2. A medical marijuana testing laborator y shall be prohibited
250250 from accepting test samples of medical marijuana directly from a
251251 medical marijuana commercial grower. A compliance officer of the
252252 Authority shall be authorized to collect samples from the harvest
253253 batch of the medical marijuana commercial grower and shall submit
254254 such samples for testing to the medical marijuana testin g laboratory
255255 on behalf of the medic al marijuana commercial grower and in
256256 accordance with the provisions of this section.
257257 J. A medical marijuana testing laboratory may accept sample s of
258258 medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate or medical
259259 marijuana product from an individual person for testing only under
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261261 1. The individual person is a patient or caregi ver pursuant to
262262 the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act or is a
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289289 participant in an approved clinical or observational study conducted
290290 by a research facility; and
291291 2. The medical marijuana testing laboratory shall require the
292292 patient or caregiver to produce a valid patient license and curr ent
293293 and valid photo identification.
294294 K. A medical marijuana testing laboratory may transfer samples
295295 to another medical marijuana testing laboratory for testing. All
296296 laboratory reports provided to or by a m edical marijuana business or
297297 to a patient or careg iver shall identify the medical marijuana
298298 testing laboratory that actually conducted the test.
299299 L. A medical marijuana testing laboratory may utilize a
300300 licensed medical marijuana transporter to transport sa mples of
301301 medical marijuana, medical marijuana conc entrate and medical
302302 marijuana product for testing, in accordance with the Oklahoma
303303 Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act and the rules adopted
304304 pursuant thereto, between the originating medical mariju ana business
305305 requesting testing services and the d estination laboratory
306306 performing testing services.
307307 M. The medical marijuana testing laboratory shall establish
308308 policies to prevent the existence of or appearance of undue
309309 commercial, financial or other inf luences that may diminish the
310310 competency, impartia lity and integrity of the testing processes or
311311 results of the laboratory, or that may diminish public confidence in
312312 the competency, impartiality and integrity of the testing processes
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339339 or results of the labo ratory. At a minimum, employees, owners or
340340 agents of a medical marijuana testing laboratory who participate in
341341 any aspect of the analysis and results of a sample are prohibited
342342 from improperly influencing the testing process, improperly
343343 manipulating data or improperly benefiting from any ongoing
344344 financial, employment, personal or business relationship with the
345345 medical marijuana business that provided the sample. A medical
346346 marijuana testing laboratory shall not test samples for any medical
347347 marijuana business in which an owner, employee or agent of the
348348 medical marijuana testing laboratory has any form of ownership or
349349 financial interest in the medical marijuana business.
350350 N. The Authority, pursuant to rules promulgated by the
351351 Executive Director of the Authority , shall develop standards,
352352 policies and procedures as necessary for:
353353 1. The cleanliness and orderliness of a laboratory premises and
354354 the location of the laboratory in a secure location, and inspection,
355355 cleaning and maintenance of any equipment or utensils used f or the
356356 analysis of test samples;
357357 2. Testing procedures, testing standards for cannabinoid and
358358 terpenoid potency and safe levels of contaminants, and remediation
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360360 3. Controlled access areas for storage of medical marijuana and
361361 medical marijuana product test samples, waste and reference
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389389 4. Records to be retained and computer systems to be utilized
390390 by the laboratory;
391391 5. The possession, storage and use by the laboratory of
392392 reagents, solutions and reference standards;
393393 6. A certificate of analysis (COA) for each lot of reference
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395395 7. The transport and disposal of unused marijuana, marijuana
396396 products and waste;
397397 8. The mandatory use by a laboratory of an inventory tracking
398398 system to ensure all harvest and production batches or samples
399399 containing medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate or
400400 medical marijuana products are identified and tracked from the point
401401 they are transferred from a medical marijuana business, a patient or
402402 a caregiver through the point of transfer, destruction or disposal.
403403 The inventory tracking system reporting shall include the results of
404404 any tests that are conducted on medical marijuana, medical marijuana
405405 concentrate or medical marijuana product;
406406 9. Standards of performance;
407407 10. The employment of laboratory personnel;
408408 11. A written standard operating procedure manual to be
409409 maintained and updated by the laboratory;
410410 12. The successful participation in a proficiency testing
411411 program approved by the Executive Director for each testing category
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438438 listed in this section, in order to obtain and maintain
439439 certification;
440440 13. The establishment of and adherence to a quality assurance
441441 and quality control program to ensure sufficient monitoring of
442442 laboratory processes and quality of results reported;
443443 14. The immediate recall of medical marijuana or medical
444444 marijuana products that test above allowable thresholds or are
445445 otherwise determined to be unsafe;
446446 15. The establishment by the laboratory of a system to document
447447 the complete chain of custody for samples from receipt through
448448 disposal;
449449 16. The establishment by the laboratory of a system to retain
450450 and maintain all required records, including business records, and
451451 processes to ensure results are reported in a timely and accurate
452452 manner; and
453453 17. Any other aspect of laboratory testing of medical marijuana
454454 or medical marijuana product deemed necessary by the Executive
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456456 O. A medical marijuana testing laboratory shall promptly
457457 provide the Authority or designee of the Authority access to a
458458 report of a test and any underlying data that is conducted on a
459459 sample at the request of a medical marijuana business or qualified
460460 patient. A medical marijuana testing laboratory shall also provide
461461 access to the Authority or designee of the Authority to laboratory
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488488 premises and to any material or information requested by t he
489489 Authority to determine compliance w ith the requirements of this
490490 section.
491491 P. A medical marijuana testing laboratory shall retain all
492492 results of laboratory tests conducted on marijuana or products for a
493493 period of at least seven (7) years and shall make them available to
494494 the Authority upon request.
495495 Q. A medical marijuana testing laboratory shall test samples
496496 from each harvest batch or product batch, as appropriate, of medical
497497 marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate and medical marij uana
498498 product for each of the following categories of testing , consistent
499499 with standards developed by the Executive Director:
500500 1. Microbials;
501501 2. Mycotoxins;
502502 3. Residual solvents;
503503 4. Pesticides;
504504 5. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other cannab inoid potency;
505505 6. Terpenoid type and concentration ; and
506506 7. Heavy metals.
507507 R. A licensed medical marijuana testing laboratory shall test
508508 each individual harvest batch. A grower shall separate each harvest
509509 lot of usable marijuana into harvest batches cont aining no more than
510510 fifteen (15) pounds, with the exception of any plant material to be
511511 sold to a licensed processor for the purposes of turning the plant
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538538 material into concentrate which may be separated into harvest
539539 batches of no more than fifty (50) poun ds. A processor shall
540540 separate each medical marijuana production lot int o production
541541 batches containing no more than four (4) liters of concentrate or
542542 nine (9) pounds for nonliquid products, and for final products, the
543543 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall be authorized to
544544 promulgate rules on final products as necessary . Provided, however,
545545 the Authority shall not require testing of final products less often
546546 than every one thousand (1,000) grams of THC. As used in this
547547 subsection, "final products" shall include, but not be limited to,
548548 cookies, brownies, candies, gummies, beverages and chocolates.
549549 S. Medical marijuana testing laboratory licensure shall be
550550 contingent upon successful on-site inspection, successful
551551 participation in proficiency testing an d ongoing compliance with the
552552 applicable requirements in this section.
553553 T. A medical marijuana testing laboratory shall be inspected
554554 prior to initial licensure and up to two (2) times per year
555555 thereafter by an inspector approved by the Authority. The Authority
556556 may enter the licensed premises of a testing laboratory to conduct
557557 investigations and additional inspections when the Authority
558558 believes an investigation or additional inspection is necessary due
559559 to a possible violation of applicable laws, rules or r egulations.
560560 U. Medical marijuana testing laboratories shall obtain
561561 accreditation by an accrediting body approved by the Executive
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588588 Director within one (1) year of the date the initial license is
589589 issued. Renewal of any medical marijuana tes ting laboratory license
590590 shall be contingent upon accreditation in accordance with this
591591 subsection. All medical marijuana testing laboratories shall obtain
592592 accreditation prior to applying for and receiving a medical
593593 marijuana testing laboratory license.
594594 V. Unless authorized by the provisions of this section, a
595595 commercial grower shall not tran sfer or sell medical marijuana and a
596596 processor shall not transfer, sell or process into a concentrate or
597597 product any medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate o r
598598 medical marijuana product unless samples from each harvest batch or
599599 production batch from which that medical marijuana, medical
600600 marijuana concentrate or medical marijuana product was derived has
601601 been tested by a medical marijuana testing laboratory and passed all
602602 contaminant tests required b y the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
603603 Patient Protection Act and applicable laws, rules and regulations.
604604 A licensed commercial grower may transfer medical marijuana that has
605605 failed testing to a licensed processor only for the purposes of
606606 decontamination or remediation and only in accordance with the
607607 provisions of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection
608608 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Executive
609609 Director. Remediated and decontaminated medical marijuana may be
610610 returned only to the originating licensed comme rcial grower.
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637637 W. Kief shall not be transferred or sold except as authorized
638638 in the rules and regulations promulgated by the Executive Director.
639639 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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641641 59-1-5351 GRS 01/07/23