§ 5710. Laboratory Receipt of Samples Obtained from a Distributor
(a) The laboratory may accept and analyze a sample from a distributor for the required testing
under section 5714 of this division only if there is an accompanying COC form for the sample.
(b) The laboratory shall not analyze a sample obtained from a distributor, and the batch from
which the sample was obtained may not be released for retail sale, if the any of the following
occur:
(1) The sample is received at the laboratory without the requisite COC form;
(2) The tamper-evident material is broken prior to the sample being received at the laboratory; or
(3) There is evidence of sample commingling, contamination, degradation, or a related
occurrence rendering the sample unusable for analytical testing when the sample is received at
the laboratory.
Authority: Section 26013, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 26100, 26104
and 26110, Business and Professions Code.