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Title 4 - Business RegulationsDivision 19 - Department of Cannabis ControlChapter 6 - Testing Laboratories
Article 7 - Laboratory Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Section 15735 - Laboratory Audits

Cal. Code Regs. tit. 4 § 15735

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Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 49, December 6, 2024
Section 15735 - Laboratory Audits
(a) The licensed laboratory shall conduct an internal audit at least once per year or in accordance with the ISO/IEC 17025 accrediting body's requirement, whichever is more frequent.
(b) The internal audit must include all of the components required by the ISO/IEC 17025 internal-audit standards.
(c) Within 3 business days of completing the internal audit, the licensed laboratory shall submit the results of the internal audit to the Department.
(d) Within 3 business days of receiving the accrediting body onsite audit findings, the licensed laboratory shall submit the results to the Department.
(e) The licensed laboratory shall submit any audit results to the Department, accompanied by the Licensee Notification and Request Form, Notifications and Requests Regarding Testing Laboratories, DCC-LIC-029 (New 2/22), which is incorporated herein by reference.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 4, § 15735

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering and amending former title 16, section 5735 to new title 4, section 15735 filed 7-14-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 29). For prior history of title 16, division 42, see Register 2019, No. 3.
2. Amendment filed 9-27-2021 as an emergency; operative 9-27-2021 (Register 2021, No. 40). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-28-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Amendment refiled 3-28-2022 as an emergency; operative 3-28-2022 (Register 2022, No. 13). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-26-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-28-2022 order, including amendment of subsections (d) and (e), transmitted to OAL 9-26-2022 and filed 11-7-2022; amendments effective 11-7-2022 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2022, No. 45).

Note: Authority cited: Section 26013, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 26100 and 26104, Business and Professions Code.

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering and amending former title 16, section 5735 to new title 4, section 15735 filed 7-14-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 29). For prior history of title 16, division 42, see Register 2019, No. 3.
2. Amendment filed 9-27-2021 as an emergency; operative 9/27/2021 (Register 2021, No. 40). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-28-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Amendment refiled 3-28-2022 as an emergency; operative 3/28/2022 (Register 2022, No. 13). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-26-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-28-2022 order, including amendment of subsections (d) and (e), transmitted to OAL 9-26-2022 and filed 11/7/2022; amendments effective 11/7/2022 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2022, No. 45).