# COMAR Title 14 — Independent Agencies

## Subtitle 17 — Maryland Cannabis Administration

### Chapter 08 — Laboratory Registration and Operations

#### Regulation .02 Independent Testing Laboratory Registration.

*COMAR 14.17.08.02*

A. An independent testing laboratory shall register with the Administration.

B. To register, an independent laboratory shall:

  (1) Submit a completed independent laboratory registration form;

  (2) Pay the registration fee specified in COMAR 14.17.21;

  (3) Submit a copy of the certificate of accreditation accompanied by the scope of accreditation; and

  (4) Submit the name, address, date of birth, and Social Security Number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number of each independent testing laboratory employee and a copy of the application form completed by each independent testing laboratory employee.

C. The Administration may issue a provisional registration to an independent testing laboratory that has not yet been issued a certificate of accreditation in Maryland if the independent testing laboratory submits:

  (1) A copy of the contract with the accreditation body with which it is applying to become accredited and a copy of the proposed scope of the accreditation;

  (2) Evidence the independent testing laboratory has been accredited by the accreditation body in another jurisdiction; and

  (3) All other required components listed in §B of this regulation.

D. Once it has obtained a certificate of accreditation, a provisionally registered independent testing laboratory shall apply to be registered, subject to the following terms:

  (1) The term of the registration may not exceed the term of the provisional registration; and

  (2) No additional registration fee need be paid for that term.