The Department of Revenue’s Cannabis Control Division provides oversight of marijuana testing laboratories in Montana. The department is responsible for inspections and endorsements of marijuana testing laboratories per the Montana Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act.
Required Contaminate Testing
In addition the requirements listed here, testing laboratories are subject to the General Licensee Requirements
Montana testing requirements can be found at ARM 42.39.614.
- cannabinoid profile/potency
- percent moisture
- filth and foreign matter
- pesticides
- residual solvents
- microbiological
- mycotoxins
General Testing Laboratory Endorsement Requirements
- Certificates of insurance and bonding
- Business license
- Property Owner Permission Form for Laboratories if applicable
- DOR issued worker permit
- Laboratory security/storage plan
- Quality assurance plan
- Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Validation studies
- Proficiency data/results
- Scientific director resume, transcripts, and references
- ISO17025:2017 accreditation
- Successful inspection
The department laboratory must be notified when:
- Adulterated marijuana is suspected by laboratory samplers.
- A licensee wishes to change laboratories for re-testing or remediating testing.
- Changes in the scientific director listed on the endorsement.
Fees
An annual laboratory license fee of $5,000 shall be submitted with the licensure application prior to license expiration.
Forms and Resources
- ISO-IEC 17025:2017
- Property Ownership Permission Form for Laboratories
- Fingerprint and Background Check Instructions
- Privacy Act Statement and Consent to Fingerprint
- Marijuana Testing Laboratory Surety Bond
- Quality Assurance Sampling Protocol for Usable Marijuana, Marijuana Concentrates and Extracts, and Marijuana Infused Products
- Montana Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act
- ARM 42.39.6 – Testing Laboratories
Contact
- DORCCD@mt.gov
- Phone
- (406) 444-0596