N.Y. CAN Law § 82
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Laboratory testing
Official statutory text
§ 82. Laboratory testing. 1. Every processor of adult-use cannabis\nshall contract with an independent laboratory permitted pursuant to\nsection one hundred twenty-nine of this chapter, to test the cannabis\nproducts it produces pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the\noffice. The board may assign an approved testing laboratory, which the\nprocessor of adult-use cannabis must use, and may establish consortia\nwith neighboring states, to inform best practices, and share laboratory\ndata.\n 2. Adult-use cannabis processors, microbusinesses, cooperatives and\nregistered organizations shall make laboratory test reports available to\nlicensed distributors, retail dispensaries, and on-site consumption\nsites for all cannabis products manufactured by the processor or\nlicensee.\n 3. Licensed retail dispensaries shall maintain accurate documentation\nof laboratory test reports for each cannabis product offered for sale to\ncannabis consumers. Such documentation shall be made publicly available\nby the licensed retail dispensary.\n 4. Onsite laboratory testing by licensees is permissible subject to\nregulation; however, such testing shall not be certified by the board\nand does not exempt the licensee from the requirements of quality\nassurance testing at a testing laboratory pursuant to this section.\n 5. An owner of a cannabis laboratory testing permit shall not hold a\nlicense, or interest in a license, in any other category within this\narticle and shall not own or have ownership interest in a registered\norganization registered pursuant to article three of this chapter or a\ncannabinoid hemp processor license pursuant to article five of this\nchapter.\n 6. The board shall have the authority to require any licensee under\nthis article to submit cannabis or cannabis products to one or more\nindependent laboratories for testing and the board may promulgate\nregulations related to all aspects of third-party testing and quality\nassurance including but not limited to:\n (a) minimum testing and sampling requirements;\n (b) testing and sampling methodologies;\n (c) testing reporting requirements;\n (d) retesting; and\n (e) product quarantine, hold, recall, and remediation.\n
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