OAR 333-007-0500: Quality Control and Research and Development Testing

(1) A registrant or a licensee may request that a laboratory conduct testing for the purpose of assuring quality control or for research and development, except as provided in section (2) of this rule. (a) A quality control test result, research and development test result, or test results from testing for any purpose other than compliance testing must be tracked and entered into CTS. (b) A registrant, licensee, or other requestor must ensure that relevant information regarding the registrant, licensee, or manufacturer of the item is provided to the laboratory conducting the testing in accordance with OAR 333-007-0315. (2) A registrant or a licensee may not request that a laboratory conduct pesticide testing on marijuana or usable marijuana for the purpose of quality control, research and development or any purpose other than compliance testing. A pesticide test on marijuana or usable marijuana is considered by the Authority and the Commission to be a compliance test. (3) A marijuana item or industrial hemp-derived vapor item submitted for quality control or research and development testing is not subject to OAR 333-007-0320 to 333-007-0470. (4) A laboratory result from a quality control or research and development test cannot be used as a compliance test result and a marijuana item or an industrial hemp-derived vapor item that has only undergone a quality control or research and development test may not be transferred or sold, unless the marijuana item is not required to have a compliance test before being transferred or sold. (5) The certificate of analysis must clearly indicate that the testing performed was for quality control or research and development testing and is not considered a compliance test. (6) Registrants and licensees must maintain and retain all quality control and research and development test results for at least two years and provide copies of such results upon request to the Authority or the Commission.