NAC445A.0628. Certification by Division or pursuant to National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program.

     1. A laboratory may apply for certification by the Division or certification pursuant to the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program.

     2. To obtain certification by the Division, a laboratory must comply with the provisions of NAC 445A.0552 to 445A.067, inclusive.

     3. A laboratory that is certified by the Division may provide analytical data for an environmental sample originating in this State for each analyte for which the laboratory is certified.

     4. To obtain certification pursuant to the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, a laboratory must:

     (a) Comply with the provisions of NAC 445A.0552 to 445A.067, inclusive;

     (b) Before obtaining certification pursuant to the Program and every 2 years after obtaining that certification, submit to an assessment of the laboratory conducted at the laboratory under the direction of a person who is approved pursuant to the Program; and

     (c) Specify in its application for certification at least one approved method of testing an analyte pursuant to the provisions of subsections 4 and 6 of NAC 445A.0622.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R070-99, eff. 5-26-2000; A by R061-04, 10-7-2004)