Laboratory agent registry identification cards

1. Each laboratory agent who performs activities in accordance with North Dakota Century Code chapter 19-24.1 and these rules shall obtain a registry identification card. 2. Upon initial award of a contract, the department shall provide the laboratory a registration form to complete for each laboratory agent. Except for the fee, the form must require the laboratory to provide the same information for laboratory agents as required for compassion centers agents in subsection 2 of North Dakota Century Code section 19-24.1-18. The laboratory shall submit to the department: a. A complete agent registration form for each laboratory agent; b. All documents required for conducting a criminal history record check under North Dakota Century Code section 12-60-24 for each laboratory agent; and c. Payment of all applicable fees associated with the criminal history record check. 3. The laboratory shall complete additional laboratory agent registration forms as required by this section. 4. Upon approval of a laboratory agent registration form and verification of compliance with the requirements in subdivision c of subsection 3 of North Dakota Century Code section 19-24.1-18, the department shall issue, within thirty calendar days and at no cost, a laboratory agent registry identification card. The expiration date of the laboratory agent registry identification card must coincide with the contract expiration date. Only registered agents of an awarded laboratory have the authority to provide services authorized in section 33-44-01-37. 5. Each laboratory agent registry identification card must include the following information: a. The name of the cardholder; b. A designation the cardholder is a laboratory agent; c. The date of issuance and expiration date; d. A random ten-digit alphanumeric identification number containing at least four numbers and at least four letters which is unique to the cardholder; e. A photograph of the cardholder; and f. The phone number or website address at which the card can be verified. 6. The laboratory is responsible for distributing and collecting laboratory agent registry identification cards that are no longer valid or belong to employees who no longer have responsibilities requiring a valid registry identification card. The laboratory shall shred collected laboratory agent registry identification cards. The laboratory shall notify the department in writing within two calendar days of the date a laboratory agent registry identification card is destroyed.