NAC459.96964. 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 459.96902 to 459.9699, inclusive.

     3. A laboratory that is certified by the Division may provide analytical data for a waste 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 459.96902 to 459.9699, 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 459.96958.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R061-04, eff. 10-7-2004)