Michigan Laws 333.27505 – Safety compliance facility license; exception for industrial hemp
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.27505
- Applicant: means a person who applies for a state operating license. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
- Board: means the marijuana regulatory agency. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
- Grower: means a licensee that is a commercial entity located in this state that cultivates, dries, trims, or cures and packages marihuana for sale to a processor, provisioning center, or another grower. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
- Industrial hemp: means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, 2018 IL 1, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
- Industrial hemp research and development act: means the industrial hemp research and development act, 2014 PA 547, MCL 286. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
- license: means a license that is issued under this act that allows the licensee to operate as 1 of the following, specified in the license:
(i) A grower. See Michigan Laws 333.27102Marihuana: means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, 2018 IL 1, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.27102 Marihuana facility: means a location at which a licensee is licensed to operate under this act. See Michigan Laws 333.27102 Marihuana tracking act: means the marihuana tracking act, 2016 PA 282, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.27102 Processor: means a licensee that is a commercial entity located in this state that purchases marihuana from a grower and that extracts resin from the marihuana or creates a marihuana-infused product for sale and transfer in packaged form to a provisioning center or another processor. See Michigan Laws 333.27102 Provisioning center: means a licensee that is a commercial entity located in this state that purchases marihuana from a grower or processor and sells, supplies, or provides marihuana to registered qualifying patients, directly or through the patients' registered primary caregivers. See Michigan Laws 333.27102 Rules: means rules promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 333.27102 Safety compliance facility: means a licensee that is a commercial entity that takes marihuana from a marihuana facility or receives marihuana from a registered primary caregiver, tests the marihuana for contaminants and for tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannabinoids, returns the test results, and may return the marihuana to the marihuana facility. See Michigan Laws 333.27102 Secure transporter: means a licensee that is a commercial entity located in this state that stores marihuana and transports marihuana between marihuana facilities for a fee. See Michigan Laws 333.27102 state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o system: means an internet-based, statewide database established, implemented, and maintained by the department under the marihuana tracking act, that is available to licensees, law enforcement agencies, and authorized state departments and agencies on a 24-hour basis for all of the following:
(i) Verifying registry identification cards. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
(1) In addition to transfer and testing authorized in section 203, a safety compliance facility license authorizes the safety compliance facility to do all of the following without using a secure transporter:
(a) Take marihuana from, test marihuana for, and return marihuana to only a marihuana facility.
(b) Collect a random sample of marihuana at the marihuana facility of a grower, processor, or provisioning center for testing.
(2) A safety compliance facility must be accredited by an entity approved by the board by 1 year after the date the license is issued or have previously provided drug testing services to this state or this state’s court system and be a vendor in good standing in regard to those services. The board may grant a variance from this requirement upon a finding that the variance is necessary to protect and preserve the public health, safety, or welfare.
(3) To be eligible for a safety compliance facility license, the applicant and each investor with any interest in the safety compliance facility must not have an interest in a grower, secure transporter, processor, or provisioning center.
(4) A safety compliance facility shall comply with all of the following:
(a) Perform tests to certify that marihuana is reasonably free of chemical residues such as fungicides and insecticides.
(b) Use validated test methods to determine tetrahydrocannabinol, tetrahydrocannabinol acid, cannabidiol, and cannabidiol acid levels.
(c) Perform tests that determine whether marihuana complies with the standards the board establishes for microbial and mycotoxin contents.
(d) Perform other tests necessary to determine compliance with any other good manufacturing practices as prescribed in rules.
(e) Enter all transactions, current inventory, and other information into the statewide monitoring system as required in this act, rules, and the marihuana tracking act.
(f) Have a secured laboratory space that cannot be accessed by the general public.
(g) Retain and employ at least 1 staff member with a relevant advanced degree in a medical or laboratory science.
(5) This act does not prohibit a safety compliance facility from taking or receiving industrial hemp for testing purposes and testing the industrial hemp pursuant to the industrial hemp research and development act.