N.Y. Public Health Law 3398-O – Laboratory testing
* § 3398-o. Laboratory testing. Every cannabinoid hemp processor shall contract with an independent commercial laboratory to test the hemp extract and products produced by the licensed processor. The commissioner shall establish the necessary qualifications or certifications required for such laboratories used by licensees. The commissioner is authorized to issue rules and regulations consistent with this article establishing the testing required, the reporting of testing results and the form for reporting such laboratory testing results. The department has authority to require licensees to submit any cannabinoid hemp, hemp extract or product derived therefrom, processed or offered for sale within the state, for testing by the department. This section shall not obligate the department, in any way, to perform any testing on hemp, cannabinoid hemp, hemp extract or product derived therefrom.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 3398-O
- Cannabinoid: means the phytocannabinoids found in hemp and does not include synthetic cannabinoids as that term is defined in subdivision (g) of schedule I of section thirty-three hundred six of this chapter. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3398
- Cannabinoid hemp: means any hemp and any product processed or derived from hemp, that is used for human consumption provided that when such product is packaged or offered for retail sale to a consumer, it shall not have a concentration of more than three tenths of a percent delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3398
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Hemp: means the plant Cannabis sativa L. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3398
- Hemp extract: means all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers derived from hemp, used or intended for human consumption, for its cannabinoid content, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than an amount determined by the department in regulation. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3398
* NB Repealed 6 months after the full cannabis control board created by Article 2 of the cannabis law has been appointed