NAC445A.54292. Contractual agreements, records and reports.

     1. A certified laboratory shall ensure that each analysis it performs complies with the provisions of Appendix D of chapter 5 of the Standards.

     2. A certified laboratory shall maintain any document or other information required by the provisions of section 4.3.3 of the Standards in accordance with the provisions of that section.

     3. If a certified laboratory prepares a report of any test conducted pursuant to the provisions of this section, the report must be prepared in accordance with the provisions of section 5.13 of the Standards.

     4. If a certified laboratory is not certified to conduct a test in a category of testing or to use a method of testing or test for an analyte pursuant to the provisions of NAC 445A.542 to 445A.54296, inclusive, the director of the laboratory may contract with a certified laboratory to perform that test if:

     (a) Before entering into the contract, the director notifies in writing the person for whom the test will be conducted of his or her intent to enter into the contract; and

     (b) The laboratory complies with NAC 445A.542 to 445A.54296, inclusive, or the requirements specified in section 5.14 of the Standards.

     5. If a certified laboratory contracts with another certified laboratory pursuant to the provisions of this section, the director of the certified laboratory shall ensure that the certified laboratory that will conduct the test is certified pursuant to the provisions of NAC 445A.542 to 445A.54296, inclusive. If the certified laboratory that offered the contract maintains any record of the contract or of any test conducted pursuant to the contract, it shall include in that record:

     (a) Any report submitted by the certified laboratory that conducted the test concerning the results of the test conducted pursuant to the contract; and

     (b) The certification number of the certified laboratory that conducted the test.

     6. If the certified laboratory that offered the contract prepares a report concerning the results of any test conducted pursuant to the contract, it shall specify in the report that the results of the test were obtained by contract pursuant to the provisions of this section.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R203-99, eff. 8-1-2001)