The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) voted on Tuesday, June 17, to award Foley-based Green Health Laboratories a state testing laboratory license. AMCC reopened the application process after Certus Laboratories, a previous lab company that had been awarded a license, chose not to renew due to the financial decisions amid ongoing litigation, AMCC Director John McMillan said in a phone interview after the meeting.
"They chose not to renew that annual fee, which is pretty expensive with the uncertainty where we are with all this litigation," McMillan said.
Green Health Laboratories was the sole applicant in this offering after the commission reopened an application window for state testing labs. The lab will be the only medical cannabis testing lab in the state until AMCC reopens the application process. There are no limits on how many testing laboratory licenses the commission may award.
The AMCC opened a one-month window in February for parties to request an application for state testing laboratory licenses. Of the five requests the commission received, only Green Health Laboratories completed an application. There was a 30-day public comment period that closed on June 15, without receiving any public comments.
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