Rule 901:14-1-10 | Testing and reporting.
(A) The department's testing laboratory shall be the official regulatory laboratory for compliance with Chapter 928. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to it. The department may contract with third-party laboratories to provide testing services on its behalf. As soon as they are available, all test results shall be reported to the license holders by the department. No other testing result shall be considered an official regulatory testing result.
(B) The department shall, at a minimum, test to determine the THC concentration level in the sample.
(C) A sample with an acceptable hemp THC level shall require no further action and the area or harvested plant material from which the sample was obtained shall be released for marketing or further processing as designated on the hemp release form.
(D) A sample which exceeds the acceptable hemp THC level shall be reported to the licensed cultivator as soon as possible. The license cultivator may request a second sample to be tested of the harvested material from same field, greenhouse, building, or site where the original sample was taken. The hemp plants selected for sampling shall be determined by the department. If a second sample is not is requested, or the second sample does not have an acceptable hemp THC level, the area represented by the sample, or any harvested plant parts from the area represented by the sample shall be destroyed pursuant to rule 901:14-1-11 of the Administrative Code.
(E) Any plant material that is co-mingled with plant material which exceeds the acceptable hemp THC level shall be destroyed pursuant to rule 901:14-1-11 of the Administrative Code.
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