N.M. Admin. Code § 21.20.3.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 21.20.3.7 - DEFINITIONS

A."Applicant" means individual, business, agency, institution, or other entity that is in the process of or has submitted an application to the department for a Laboratory Hemp Testing License, or a Special Hemp Breeding License.

B."Cannabis" means a plant of the genus cannabis.

C."Department" means the New Mexico Department of Agriculture.

D."Hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including seeds and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a THC concentration of not more than three-tenths percent on a dry weight basis.

E."Hemp Harvest Certificate" means a certificate, license, permit or other document pursuant to rules adopted under the Hemp Manufacturing Act for use during transportation of hemp or hemp-derived material, whether in the possession of a person or electronically verified by a law enforcement agency.

F."Hemp Testing" means testing of cannabis for regulatory purposes identified by New Mexico Department of Agriculture for total THC concentrations.

G."License" means document issued to an applicant by the department authorizing a person to engage in activities identified by the department.

H."Director" means New Mexico Director/Secretary of Agriculture or designee.

I."SOP" means written standard operating procedures detailing instructions related to specific tasks.

J."THC" means delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol as measured using a post-decarboxylation method and based on percentage dry weight."

K."Varieties" means cannabis cultivar or strain with known or unknown THC levels.

N.M. Admin. Code § 21.20.3.7

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXX, Issue 19, October 15, 2019, eff. 10/15/2019