Testing requirements for concentrates and extracts
Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 98, sec. 4
(a) A cultivation facility or dispensary must test every process lot of cannabinoid concentrate or extract for use by a qualified patient prior to selling or transferring the cannabinoid concentrate or extract for the following:
- (1) Pesticides in accordance with 20 CAR § 202-112;
- (2) Solvents in accordance with 20 CAR § 202-113;
- (3) THC and CBD concentration in accordance with 20 CAR § 202-115; and
- (4) Heavy metals in accordance with 20 CAR § 202-116.
(b) A cultivation facility or dispensary is exempt from testing for solvents under this section if the cultivation facility or dispensary:
- (1) Did not use any solvent listed in Appendix B, Table 2; and
- (2) Only used a mechanical extraction process to separate cannabinoids from the marijuana; or
- (3) Used only water, animal fat, or vegetable oil as a solvent to separate the cannabinoids from the marijuana.
- (c) A cultivation facility or dispensary must test a process lot of a cannabinoid concentrate or extract for microbiological contaminants in accordance with 20 CAR § 202-111, or upon written request by the Department of Health or the Medical Marijuana Commission.