N.Y. Cannabis Law § 82: Laboratory testing

§ 82. Laboratory testing. 1. Every processor of adult-use cannabis

shall contract with an independent laboratory permitted pursuant to

section one hundred twenty-nine of this chapter, to test the cannabis

products it produces pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the

office. The board may assign an approved testing laboratory, which the

processor of adult-use cannabis must use, and may establish consortia

with neighboring states, to inform best practices, and share laboratory

data.

2. Adult-use cannabis processors, microbusinesses, cooperatives and

registered organizations shall make laboratory test reports available to

licensed distributors, retail dispensaries, and on-site consumption

sites for all cannabis products manufactured by the processor or

licensee.

3. Licensed retail dispensaries shall maintain accurate documentation

of laboratory test reports for each cannabis product offered for sale to

cannabis consumers. Such documentation shall be made publicly available

by the licensed retail dispensary.

4. Onsite laboratory testing by licensees is permissible subject to

regulation; however, such testing shall not be certified by the board

and does not exempt the licensee from the requirements of quality

assurance testing at a testing laboratory pursuant to this section.

5. An owner of a cannabis laboratory testing permit shall not hold a

license, or interest in a license, in any other category within this

article and shall not own or have ownership interest in a registered

organization registered pursuant to article three of this chapter or a

cannabinoid hemp processor license pursuant to article five of this

chapter.

6. The board shall have the authority to require any licensee under

this article to submit cannabis or cannabis products to one or more

independent laboratories for testing and the board may promulgate

regulations related to all aspects of third-party testing and quality

assurance including but not limited to:

(a) minimum testing and sampling requirements;

(b) testing and sampling methodologies;

(c) testing reporting requirements;

(d) retesting; and

(e) product quarantine, hold, recall, and remediation.