In administering the Maryland Seed Law, the inspection, sampling, and testing procedures used and the application of tolerances shall be those established by the “Rules for Testing Seeds” (Association of Official Seed Analysts, 1998), unless otherwise stated in these regulations.

Authority: Agriculture Article, §§9-201, 9-202, and 9-214, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 1, 1966

Regulations .01—.09 repealed and new Regulations .01—.12 adopted effective April 20, 1987 (14:8 Md. R. 939)

Regulation .01B amended effective September 26, 1994 (21:19 Md. R. 1635)

Regulation .02-1 adopted effective January 22, 2001 (28:1 Md. R. 27)

Regulation .02-1 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2002 (29:16 Md. R. 1285); amended permanently effective September 30, 2002 (29:19 Md. R. 1526)

Regulation .03 amended effective June 10, 1991 (18:11 Md. R. 1189); August 29, 1994 (21:17 Md. R. 1440); May 8, 1995 (22:9 Md. R. 647); June 17, 1996 (23:12 Md. R. 873); February 23, 1998 (25:4 Md. R. 245); November 2, 1998 (25:22 Md. R. 1653); January 22, 2001 (28:1 Md. R. 27)

Regulation .05A amended effective January 22, 1990 (17:1 Md. R. 72); September 26, 1994 (21:19 Md. R. 1635)

Regulation .05B, C amended effective September 26, 1994 (21:19 Md. R. 1635)

Regulation .06B amended effective July 27, 1987 (14:15 Md. R. 1661); September 26, 1994 (21:19 Md. R. 1635)

Regulation .06D, G amended effective July 27, 1987 (14:15 Md. R. 1661)

Regulation .06H adopted effective March 4, 1991 (18:4 Md. R. 450)

Regulation .06H amended effective September 26, 1994 (21:19 Md. R. 1635)

Regulation .07A, C amended effective July 27, 1987 (14:15 Md. R. 1661)

Regulation .09A amended effective July 27, 1987 (14:15 Md. R. 1661)

Regulation .11 amended effective July 1, 1991 (18:12 Md. R. 1340); June 17, 1996 (23:12 Md. R. 873)

Regulation .11 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2002 (29:16 Md. R. 1285); amended permanently effective September 30, 2002 (29:19 Md. R. 1526)

Regulation .12A, B amended effective July 27, 1987 (14:15 Md. R. 1661)

Regulation .12B amended effective January 22, 2001 (28:1 Md. R. 27)

Regulation .13 adopted effective June 17, 1996 (23:12 Md. R. 873)