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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 497
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(F) THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL
ONLY BE APPLIED TO A COMPLETE TEST TRIAL.
(G) (1) EACH LABORATORY THAT CONDUCTS TESTS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THIS SECTION SHALL:
(I) HAVE CURRENT ACCREDITATION PURSUANT TO
STANDARD ISO/IEC 17025 OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR
STANDARDIZATION, SUBSEQUENT LABORATORY STANDARDIZATION, OR
ANOTHER COMPARABLE ACCREDITATION AS DETERMINED BY THE
COMPTROLLER; AND
(II) IMPLEMENT A QUALITY CONTROL AND QUALITY
ASSURANCE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES A PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE THE
REPEATABILITY OF THE TESTING RESULTS.
(2) THE REPEATABILITY VALUE SHALL BE NO GREATER THAN
0.19.
(H) (1) EACH CIGARETTE LISTED IN A CERTIFICATION THAT USES
LOWERED PERMEABILITY BANDS IN THE CIGARETTE PAPER TO ACHIEVE
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD OF THIS SECTION SHALL
HAVE AT LEAST TWO NOMINALLY IDENTICAL BANDS ON THE PAPER
SURROUNDING THE TOBACCO COLUMN.
(2) AT LEAST ONE COMPLETE BAND SHALL BE LOCATED AT LEAST
15 MILLIMETERS FROM THE LIGHTING END OF THE CIGARETTE.
(3) FOR A CIGARETTE ON WHICH THE BANDS ARE POSITIONED BY
DESIGN, AT LEAST TWO BANDS SHALL BE LOCATED AT LEAST 15 MILLIMETERS
FROM THE LIGHTING END AND 10 MILLIMETERS FROM THE FILTER END OF THE
TOBACCO COLUMN.
(4) FOR AN UNFILTERED CIGARETTE, THE TWO COMPLETE BANDS
SHALL BE LOCATED AT LEAST 15 MILLIMETERS FROM THE LIGHTING END AND
10 MILLIMETERS FROM THE LABELED END OF THE TOBACCO COLUMN.
(I) (1) IF THE COMPTROLLER DETERMINES THAT A CIGARETTE
CANNOT BE TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEST METHOD REQUIRED BY
THIS SECTION, THE MANUFACTURER OF THE CIGARETTE SHALL PROPOSE TO
THE COMPTROLLER A TEST METHOD AND PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR THAT
CIGARETTE.
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