{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.17v2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-427.17v2","heading":"Medical marijuana testing laboratory license –","body":"Requirements.\n\nA. There is hereby created a medical marijuana testing\n\nlaboratory license as a category of the medical marijuana business\n\nlicense. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, the Oklahoma\n\nState Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma\n\nState Bureau of Investigation, and the Attorney General are hereby\n\nenabled to monitor, inspect and audit a licensed testing laboratory\n\nunder the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act.\n\nB. The Authority is hereby authorized to operate a quality\n\nassurance laboratory or to contract with a private laboratory for\n\nthe purpose of conducting compliance testing of medical marijuana\n\ntesting laboratories licensed in this state. Any such laboratory\n\nunder contract for compliance testing shall be prohibited from\n\nconducting any other commercial medical marijuana testing in this\n\nstate. If the Authority contracts with a private laboratory to\n\nimplement the requirements of this section:\n\n1. The laboratory shall not employ, or be owned by, the\n\nfollowing:\n\na. any individual that has a direct or indirect interest\n\nin a licensed medical marijuana business, or\n\nb. any individual or his or her spouse, parent, child,\n\nspouse of a child, sibling or spouse of a sibling that\n\nhas an application for a medical marijuana business\n\nlicense pending before the Authority or is a member of\n\nthe board of directors of a medical marijuana\n\nbusiness, or is an individual financially interested\n\nin any licensee or medical marijuana business located\n\nwithin this state; and\n\n2. The laboratory and a board or committee comprised of\n\nlicensed Oklahoma medical marijuana laboratories currently\n\naccredited by the International Organization for Standardization\n\n(ISO) shall provide to the Authority its recommendations for all\n\nequipment and standards to be utilized by licensed medical marijuana\n\ntesting laboratories when testing samples of medical marijuana,\n\nmedical marijuana concentrate, and medical marijuana products as\n\nwell as standard operating procedures when extracting and testing\n\nmedical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate, and medical\n\nmarijuana products. The recommendations shall be submitted to the\n\nAuthority no later than June 1, 2023. The Authority shall have\n\nninety (90) days from the date it receives the recommendations to\n\npromulgate new rules or modify its current rules for laboratory\n\nstandards and testing. Beginning June 1, 2024, medical marijuana\n\ntesting laboratories renewing their medical marijuana business\n\nlicense shall be subject to and comply with any new or modified\n\nrules relating to the testing of medical marijuana, medical\n\nmarijuana concentrate, and medical marijuana products. The refusal\n\nor failure of a medical marijuana testing laboratory licensee to\n\ncomply with new or modified rules relating to laboratory standards\n\nand testing procedures promulgated under the provisions of this\n\nparagraph shall result in the permanent revocation of the medical\n\nmarijuana testing laboratory license.\n\nC. The Authority shall develop acceptable testing practices\n\nincluding, but not limited to, testing, standards, quality control\n\nanalysis, equipment certification and calibration, and chemical\n\nidentification and substances used.\n\nD. A person who is a direct beneficial owner of a medical\n\nmarijuana dispensary, medical marijuana commercial grower or medical\n\nmarijuana processor shall not be an owner of a laboratory.\n\nE. A laboratory and a laboratory applicant shall comply with\n\nall applicable local ordinances including, but not limited to,\n\nzoning, occupancy, licensing and building codes.\n\nF. A separate license shall be required for each specific\n\nlaboratory.\n\nG. A medical marijuana testing laboratory license may be issued\n\nto a person who performs testing on medical marijuana and medical\nner of a laboratory.\n\nE. A laboratory and a laboratory applicant shall comply with\n\nall applicable local ordinances including, but not limited to,\n\nzoning, occupancy, licensing and building codes.\n\nF. A separate license shall be required for each specific\n\nlaboratory.\n\nG. A medical marijuana testing laboratory license may be issued\n\nto a person who performs testing on medical marijuana and medical\n\nmarijuana products for medical marijuana businesses, medical\n\nmarijuana research facilities, medical marijuana education\n\nfacilities, and testing on marijuana and marijuana products grown or\n\nproduced by a patient or caregiver on behalf of a patient, upon\n\nverification of registration. A medical marijuana testing\n\nlaboratory may also conduct research related to the development and\n\nimprovement of its testing practices and procedures. No state-\n\napproved medical marijuana testing facility shall operate unless a\n\nmedical laboratory director is on site during operational hours.\n\nH. Laboratory applicants and licensees shall comply with the\n\napplication requirements of this section and shall submit such other\n\ninformation as required for a medical marijuana business applicant,\n\nin addition to any information the Authority may request for initial\n\napproval and periodic evaluations during the approval period.\n\nI. A medical marijuana testing laboratory may accept samples of\n\nmedical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate or medical\n\nmarijuana product from a medical marijuana business, medical\n\nmarijuana research facility or medical marijuana education facility\n\nfor testing purposes only, which purposes may include the provision\n\nof testing services for samples submitted by a medical marijuana\n\nbusiness for product development. The Authority may require a\n\nmedical marijuana business to submit a sample of medical marijuana,\n\nmedical marijuana concentrate or medical marijuana product to a\n\nmedical marijuana testing or quality assurance laboratory upon\n\ndemand.\n\nJ. A medical marijuana testing laboratory may accept samples of\n\nmedical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate or medical\n\nmarijuana product from an individual person for testing only under\n\nthe following conditions:\n\n1. The individual person is a patient or caregiver pursuant to\n\nthe Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act or is a\n\nparticipant in an approved clinical or observational study conducted\n\nby a research facility; and\n\n2. The medical marijuana testing laboratory shall require the\n\npatient or caregiver to produce a valid patient license and current\n\nand valid photo identification.\n\nK. A medical marijuana testing laboratory may transfer samples\n\nto another medical marijuana testing laboratory for testing. All\n\nlaboratory reports provided to or by a medical marijuana business or\n\nto a patient or caregiver shall identify the medical marijuana\n\ntesting laboratory that actually conducted the test.\n\nL. A medical marijuana testing laboratory may utilize a\n\nlicensed medical marijuana transporter to transport samples of\n\nmedical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate and medical\n\nmarijuana product for testing, in accordance with the Oklahoma\n\nMedical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act and the rules adopted\n\npursuant thereto, between the originating medical marijuana business\n\nrequesting testing services and the destination laboratory\n\nperforming testing services.\n\nM. The medical marijuana testing laboratory shall establish\n\npolicies to prevent the existence of or appearance of undue\n\ncommercial, financial or other influences that may diminish the\n\ncompetency, impartiality and integrity of the testing processes or\n\nresults of the laboratory, or that may diminish public confidence in\n\nthe competency, impartiality and integrity of the testing processes\n\nor results of the laboratory. At a minimum, employees, owners or\n\nagents of a medical marijuana testing laboratory who participate in\nrcial, financial or other influences that may diminish the\n\ncompetency, impartiality and integrity of the testing processes or\n\nresults of the laboratory, or that may diminish public confidence in\n\nthe competency, impartiality and integrity of the testing processes\n\nor results of the laboratory. At a minimum, employees, owners or\n\nagents of a medical marijuana testing laboratory who participate in\n\nany aspect of the analysis and results of a sample are prohibited\n\nfrom improperly influencing the testing process, improperly\n\nmanipulating data or improperly benefiting from any ongoing\n\nfinancial, employment, personal or business relationship with the\n\nmedical marijuana business that provided the sample. A medical\n\nmarijuana testing laboratory shall not test samples for any medical\n\nmarijuana business in which an owner, employee or agent of the\n\nmedical marijuana testing laboratory has any form of ownership or\n\nfinancial interest in the medical marijuana business.\n\nN. The Authority, pursuant to rules promulgated by the\n\nExecutive Director of the Authority, shall develop standards,\n\npolicies and procedures as necessary for:\n\n1. The cleanliness and orderliness of a laboratory premises and\n\nthe location of the laboratory in a secure location, and inspection,\n\ncleaning and maintenance of any equipment or utensils used for the\n\nanalysis of test samples;\n\n2. Testing procedures, testing standards for cannabinoid and\n\nterpenoid potency and safe levels of contaminants, and remediation\n\nprocedures;\n\n3. Controlled access areas for storage of medical marijuana and\n\nmedical marijuana product test samples, waste and reference\n\nstandards;\n\n4. Records to be retained and computer systems to be utilized\n\nby the laboratory;\n\n5. The possession, storage and use by the laboratory of\n\nreagents, solutions and reference standards;\n\n6. A certificate of analysis (COA) for each lot of reference\n\nstandard;\n\n7. The transport and disposal of unused marijuana, marijuana\n\nproducts and waste;\n\n8. The mandatory use by a laboratory of an inventory tracking\n\nsystem to ensure all harvest and production batches or samples\n\ncontaining medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate or\n\nmedical marijuana products are identified and tracked from the point\n\nthey are transferred from a medical marijuana business, a patient or\n\na caregiver through the point of transfer, destruction or disposal.\n\nThe inventory tracking system reporting shall include the results of\n\nany tests that are conducted on medical marijuana, medical marijuana\n\nconcentrate or medical marijuana product;\n\n9. Standards of performance;\n\n10. The employment of laboratory personnel;\n\n11. A written standard operating procedure manual to be\n\nmaintained and updated by the laboratory;\n\n12. The successful participation in a proficiency testing\n\nprogram approved by the Executive Director for each testing category\n\nlisted in this section, in order to obtain and maintain\n\ncertification;\n\n13. The establishment of and adherence to a quality assurance\n\nand quality control program to ensure sufficient monitoring of\n\nlaboratory processes and quality of results reported;\n\n14. The immediate recall of medical marijuana or medical\n\nmarijuana products that test above allowable thresholds or are\n\notherwise determined to be unsafe;\n\n15. The establishment by the laboratory of a system to document\n\nthe complete chain of custody for samples from receipt through\n\ndisposal;\n\n16. The establishment by the laboratory of a system to retain\n\nand maintain all required records, including business records, and\n\nprocesses to ensure results are reported in a timely and accurate\n\nmanner; and\n\n17. Any other aspect of laboratory testing of medical marijuana\n\nor medical marijuana product deemed necessary by the Executive\n\nDirector.\n\nO. A medical marijuana testing laboratory shall promptly\n\nprovide the Authority or designee of the Authority access to a\ntain all required records, including business records, and\n\nprocesses to ensure results are reported in a timely and accurate\n\nmanner; and\n\n17. Any other aspect of laboratory testing of medical marijuana\n\nor medical marijuana product deemed necessary by the Executive\n\nDirector.\n\nO. A medical marijuana testing laboratory shall promptly\n\nprovide the Authority or designee of the Authority access to a\n\nreport of a test and any underlying data that is conducted on a\n\nsample at the request of a medical marijuana business or qualified\n\npatient. A medical marijuana testing laboratory shall also provide\n\naccess to the Authority or designee of the Authority to laboratory\n\npremises and to any material or information requested by the\n\nAuthority to determine compliance with the requirements of this\n\nsection.\n\nP. A medical marijuana testing laboratory shall retain all\n\nresults of laboratory tests conducted on marijuana or products for a\n\nperiod of at least seven (7) years and shall make them available to\n\nthe Authority upon request.\n\nQ. A medical marijuana testing laboratory shall test samples\n\nfrom each final product harvest batch or final product batch, as\n\nappropriate, of medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate and\n\nmedical marijuana product for each of the following categories of\n\ntesting, consistent with standards developed by the Executive\n\nDirector:\n\n1. Microbials;\n\n2. Mycotoxins;\n\n3. Residual solvents;\n\n4. Pesticides;\n\n5. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other cannabinoid potency;\n\n6. Terpenoid type and concentration; and\n\n7. Heavy metals.\n\nR. A licensed medical marijuana testing laboratory shall test\n\neach final product batch. A grower shall separate each harvest of\n\nusable marijuana into final harvest batches containing no more than\n\nfifteen (15) pounds, with the exception of any plant material to be\n\nsold to a licensed processor for the purposes of turning the plant\n\nmaterial into concentrate which may be separated into final harvest\n\nbatches of no more than fifty (50) pounds. A processor shall\n\nseparate each medical marijuana production lot into final production\n\nbatches containing no more than four (4) liters of concentrate or\n\nnine (9) pounds for nonliquid products, and for final edible\n\nproducts, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall be\n\nauthorized to promulgate rules on final products as necessary.\n\nProvided, however, the Authority shall not require testing of final\n\nproducts less often than every one thousand (1,000) grams of THC.\n\nAs used in this subsection, “final edible products” shall include,\n\nbut not be limited to, cookies, brownies, candies, gummies,\n\nbeverages and chocolates.\n\nS. Medical marijuana testing laboratory licensure shall be\n\ncontingent upon successful on-site inspection, successful\n\nparticipation in proficiency testing and ongoing compliance with the\n\napplicable requirements in this section.\n\nT. A medical marijuana testing laboratory shall be inspected\n\nprior to initial licensure and up to two (2) times per year\n\nthereafter by an inspector approved by the Authority. The Authority\n\nmay enter the licensed premises of a testing laboratory to conduct\n\ninvestigations and additional inspections when the Authority\n\nbelieves an investigation or additional inspection is necessary due\n\nto a possible violation of applicable laws, rules or regulations.\n\nU. Medical marijuana testing laboratories shall obtain\n\naccreditation by an accrediting body approved by the Executive\n\nDirector or the Authority's quality assurance laboratory within one\nAuthority\n\nbelieves an investigation or additional inspection is necessary due\n\nto a possible violation of applicable laws, rules or regulations.\n\nU. Medical marijuana testing laboratories shall obtain\n\naccreditation by an accrediting body approved by the Executive\n\nDirector or the Authority's quality assurance laboratory within one\n\n(1) year of the date the initial license is issued. Renewal of any\n\nmedical marijuana testing laboratory license shall be contingent\n\nupon accreditation in accordance with this subsection. All medical\n\nmarijuana testing laboratories shall obtain accreditation prior to\n\napplying for and receiving a medical marijuana testing laboratory\n\nlicense.\n\nV. Unless authorized by the provisions of this section, a\n\ncommercial grower shall not transfer or sell medical marijuana and a\n\nprocessor shall not transfer, sell or process into a concentrate or\n\nproduct any medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate or\n\nmedical marijuana product unless samples from each final harvest\n\nbatch or final production batch from which that medical marijuana,\n\nmedical marijuana concentrate or medical marijuana product was\n\nderived has been tested by a medical marijuana testing laboratory\n\nand passed all contaminant tests required by the Oklahoma Medical\n\nMarijuana and Patient Protection Act and applicable laws, rules and\n\nregulations. A licensed commercial grower may transfer medical\n\nmarijuana that has failed testing to a licensed processor in\n\naccordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and\n\nPatient Protection Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by\n\nthe Executive Director.\n\nW. Kief shall not be transferred or sold except as authorized\n\nin the rules and regulations promulgated by the Executive Director.\n\nX. A licensed commercial grower or licensed processor shall not\n\ntransfer any product to a licensed medical marijuana dispensary\n\nuntil the product has undergone final product testing. Laboratory\n\ntesting that meets all contaminant tests and applicable laws, rules,\n\nand regulations required by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and\n\nPatient Protection Act shall only be required when the final product\n\nis completed and prior to transfer to a licensed medical marijuana\n\ndispensary, licensed medical marijuana patient, or licensed medical\n\nmarijuana caregiver.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"caa09c9b0a4fa10b4096cb73d492728fdd732c38a0d9608c556a097b5c1839ea","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.17v1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}