Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B. Adult Use Marijuana § 604-A. Sample collecting for mandatory testing by licensee

A. The establishment of sample collecting processes, protocols and standards, which must be complied with by the licensee and its employees in collecting samples of adult use marijuana and adult use marijuana products for testing purposes;

B. Requirements for the licensee to provide video, onsite or other demonstration of its sample collecting practices to ensure compliance with paragraph A;

C. Provisions authorizing the department to conduct audits of adult use marijuana or adult use marijuana products that were tested using samples collected by the licensee or its employees pursuant to this section, with all costs of the audits to be paid for by the licensee;

D. Requirements for the transportation, delivery and transfer of samples of adult use marijuana and adult use marijuana products collected by the licensee or an employee of the licensee to a testing facility, which must require the in-person transfer of the samples by the licensee or an employee of the licensee to the testing facility licensee or an employee of the testing facility licensee;

E. A prohibition on the intentional tampering with or interference in the mandatory testing process or auditing process by a licensee or an employee of the licensee, which, notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, may be treated by the department as constituting a major license violation affecting public safety and as a basis for imposition of a license suspension or revocation pursuant to section 802; and

F. Authorization for the department to suspend or revoke the licensee's license following 2 or more failed sample collecting audits conducted by the department pursuant to this section.