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§15736. General Laboratory Employee Qualifications. (a) The licensed laboratory may only employ persons who are at least 21 years of age. (b) The licensed laboratory shall develop and implement an employee training program to ensure competency of laboratory employees for their assigned functions. (c) The licensed laboratory shall ensure and document that each laboratory employee meets the employee qualifications. Authority

§15729. Laboratory Quality Assurance (LQA) Program. (a) The licensed laboratory shall develop and implement a LQA program to assure the reliability and validity of the analytical data produced by the laboratory. The LQA program shall, at minimum, include a written LQA manual that addresses the following: (b) The supervisory or management laboratory employee shall annually review, amend if necessary, and

§15727. Remediation and Retesting. (a) A cannabis or cannabis product batch that has been additionally processed after failed regulatory compliance testing pursuant to section 17305 must be retested and successfully pass all the analyses required under this chapter. (b) A cannabis or cannabis product batch may only be remediated twice. If the batch fails after the second remediation attempt and

§15714. Required Testing. (a) All sample increments collected must be homogenized prior to sample analyses, notwithstanding foreign material testing. (b) The licensed laboratory shall test each representative sample for the following: (c) The licensed laboratory shall report the results of each analysis performed by the laboratory on the certificate of analysis. (d) The licensed laboratory that obtained the representative sample

§17816. Posting of Notice of Suspension (a) A licensee whose license has been suspended shall conspicuously and continuously display a notice on the exterior of the licensee’s premises for the duration of the suspension. (b) The notice shall be 11 inches in length and 8.5 inches in width. The notice shall read:  NOTICE OF SUSPENSIONThe Department of Cannabis Control License(s)

§17808. Additional Grounds for Discipline. The following include, but are not limited to, additional grounds that constitute a basis for disciplinary action: (a) Failure to pay a fine imposed by the Department or agreed to by the licensee. (b) Failure to take reasonable steps to correct objectionable conditions on the licensed premises, including the immediately adjacent area that is owned,

§17801. Notice to Comply. (a) The Department may issue a Notice to Comply to a licensee for violation(s) of the Act or this division discovered during an investigation or audit or observed during an inspection. (b) The Notice to Comply shall be in writing and describe the nature and facts of each violation, including a reference to the statute or

§15600. Cannabis Event Organizer License. (a) To obtain a temporary cannabis event license, the event organizer must first apply for and obtain a cannabis event organizer license. (b) A cannabis event organizer licensed under this section shall comply with chapter 1 except for sections 15006, 15007, 15010, 15019, 15025, 15027, 15034, 15038, 15042, 15044, and 15046-15052.1. (c) A cannabis event

§15400. Access to Retailer Premises. (a) Access to the licensed premises of a retailer with only an A-designation shall be limited to individuals who are at least 21 years of age. (b) Access to the licensed premises of a retailer with only an M-designation shall be limited to individuals who are at least 18 years of age and have a

§15300. Distribution Activities. A licensed distributor shall distribute only cannabis and cannabis products, cannabis accessories, and licensees’ branded merchandise or promotional materials. Authority: Sections 26013, Business and Professions Code.Reference: Section 26070, Business and Professions Code. BACK TO TOP §15301. Storage Services. (a) A licensed distributor may provide storage services, including storage-only services that are unrelated to the quality assurance and