OAR 603-048-2440
Control Study
(1)
A handler may request that a laboratory perform a control study on hemp concentrates, extracts, or hemp cannabinoid products in accordance with OAR 333-007-0440 (Control Study)(1).(2) To be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of a control study under these rules, a laboratory must:
(a) Conduct the control study in accordance with OAR 333-007-0440 (Control Study); and
(b) Identify on a form prescribed by the Department if a batch undergoing a control study passed testing requirements identified in OAR 333-007-0440 (Control Study)(6), and must send the form at the handler’s request to the Department:
(3) A control study passes or fails according to OAR 333-007-0440 (Control Study).
(4) A process lot sampled and tested for purposes of a control study that passes all the required tests satisfies the testing required by ORS 571.330 (Laboratory testing) and these rules.
(5) If a hemp concentrate, extract or hemp cannabinoid product successfully passes a control study and the control study has been certified by the Department, future batches of the hemp concentrate, extract or hemp cannabinoid product may be sampled and tested according to OAR 333-007-0440 (Control Study)(9)–(11) for a two year period unless a control study is invalidated under OAR 333-007-0440 (Control Study)(10).
(6) The Department will certify a control study for a hemp concentrate, extract or hemp cannabinoid product that passes all the required tests in accordance with this rule.
(7) A control study is invalidated as specified in OAR 333-007-0440 (Control Study)(10). A handler must report to the Department if a control study is invalidated under OAR 333-007-0440 (Control Study)(10) and failure to report is a violation of these rules.
(8) Any testing performed as part of a control study is considered a compliance test.
Source:
Rule 603-048-2440 — Control Study, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=603-048-2440.