<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:90:06:05"><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000000">44</span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000000">:</span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000000">90</span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000000">:</span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000000">06</span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000000">:</span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000000">05</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000001">.  </span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000001">Chain of custody protocols.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0"> </span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">The chain of custody protocols developed by a cannabis testing facility must be approved by the department and must address:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">    (1)  </span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">Recording the possession of samples from the time of sampling through destruction;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">    (2)  </span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">Retaining for not less than 90 days any residual samples in the container in which the sample was submitted;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">    (3)  </span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">Handling procedures during collection, transport, and testing to avoid loss, damage, diversion, contamination, or misidentification of samples; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">    (4)  </span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">The use of a chain of custody form that documents the collection, transport, receipt, testing, and destruction of samples.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">    </span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0"> </span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">48 SDR 40, effective October 5, 2021; 49 SDR 9, effective August 8, 2022.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">    </span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-72"><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000003">34-20G-72</span></a><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">(5)(k)</span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">(l)</span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">    </span><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-63"><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000003">34-20G-63</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-72"><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0-000003">34-20G-72</span></a><span class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211C0">(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s761df437-fb5b-438d-8b73-6acbea6cb211000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>