ARTICLE 3. Environmental Laboratories

Article 3 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3.

§§ 100825–100920.5 · 32 sections

§ 100825 (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act. (b) Laboratories that perform analyses on any combination…
§ 100827 (a) A laboratory accredited by the state board shall report, in a timely fashion and in accordance with the request for analysis, the full and complete results…
§ 100829 The State Water Resources Control Board may do all of the following related to accrediting environmental laboratories in the state: (a) Offer both state…
§ 100830 The department may do all of the following: (a) Adopt regulations establishing requirements for both types of accreditation. The regulations shall include, but…
§ 100832 All regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this article, as they read immediately preceding January 1, 2006, shall remain in full force and effect…
§ 100837 The state board may contract with approved third-party laboratory assessor bodies in accordance with the criteria developed by the TNI or a federal agency.
§ 100840 Any laboratory requesting ELAP certification or TNI accreditation under this article shall file with the state board an application on forms prescribed by the…
§ 100845 (a) Each certificate issued pursuant to this article for ELAP certification shall be issued to the owner of the laboratory and shall expire 24 months from the…
§ 100847 (a) The period of accreditation for TNI accredited laboratories shall be 12 months. An application for renewal shall be filed with the state board prior to the…
§ 100850 (a) Upon the filing of an application for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation and after a finding by the state board that there is full compliance with…
§ 100851 (a) An application for TNI accreditation or renewal of TNI accreditation shall be denied by the accrediting body for any of the following reasons: (1) Failure…
§ 100852 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the state board may issue a certificate to the owner of a laboratory in a field of testing or method adopted by the federal…
§ 100855 Upon the denial of an application for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation, the state board shall immediately notify the applicant or organization by…
§ 100860.1 (a) At the time of application for ELAP certification and annually thereafter, from the date of the issuance of the certificate, a laboratory shall pay an ELAP…
§ 100862 (a) At the time of application for TNI accreditation and annually thereafter, from the date of the issuance of the accreditation, a laboratory shall pay a TNI…
§ 100863 The department shall appoint a multidisciplinary committee to assist, advise, and make recommendations regarding technical, scientific, and administrative…
§ 100865 (a) In order to carry out the purpose of this article, any duly authorized representative of the state board may do the following: (1) Enter and inspect a…
§ 100870 (a) Any laboratory that is ELAP certified or holds TNI accreditation or has applied for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation or for renewal of ELAP…
§ 100872 (a) An ELAP certified laboratory shall successfully analyze proficiency testing samples for those fields of testing for which they are certified, not less than…
§ 100875 Whenever the state board determines that any laboratory has violated or is violating this article or any certificate, regulation, or standard issued or adopted…
§ 100880 If the state board determines that a laboratory is in violation of this article or any regulation or order issued or adopted pursuant to this article, the…
§ 100885 (a) Any person who operates a laboratory that performs work that requires certification or TNI accreditation under Section 25198, 25298.5, 78510, 110490, or…
§ 100886 Any person who operates a laboratory for the purposes specified in Section 25198, 25298.5, 78510, or 116390 of this code, or Section 13176 of the Water Code,…
§ 100890 (a) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any application, record, or other document submitted, maintained, or used for…
§ 100895 (a) Any person who knowingly does any of the following acts may, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)…
§ 100900 The remedies provided by this article are cumulative and shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for the…
§ 100905 The department may suspend or revoke any certificate issued under of this article for any of the following reasons: (a) Violation by the owner of the…
§ 100907 (a) The state board shall revoke, in whole or in part, the accreditation of a TNI accredited laboratory for either of the following reasons: (1) Failure to…
§ 100910 (a) The state board, after providing notice to the owner of the laboratory and opportunity for a hearing, may suspend or revoke an ELAP certification or TNI…
§ 100915 (a) (1) The state board may temporarily suspend, in whole or in part, ELAP certification or TNI accreditation prior to any hearing, when it has determined that…
§ 100920 Fees and civil penalties collected under this article shall be deposited in the Environmental Laboratory Improvement Fund, that is hereby created. Moneys in…
§ 100920.5 (a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a decision or order issued by the state board under this chapter, an aggrieved party may file with the superior…