Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-15-36

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 28-15-36 - Requirements for accreditation of laboratories other than field laboratories

(a) The requirements for the approval of laboratories, other than field laboratories, shall be those requirements specified in "volume 1 management and technical requirements for laboratories performing environmental analysis" of the 2016 TNI standard version 2.1, approved by the NELAC accreditation council for adoption on June 18, 2018, which is hereby adopted by reference, except for any tables of content, prefaces, standard revision histories, reserved sections, bibliographies, cover pages, and any external documents referenced in the TNI document adopted in this subsection, except for EPA/600/R-94/134, method 100.2, section 12.1, dated June 1994, which is hereby adopted by reference.

(b) Laboratory management shall meet all of the following requirements for the use of primary certification and secondary certification:

(1) Claim only certification for the scope of accreditation granted by the department and in effect;

(2) post or display its most recent certificate or its fields of accreditation in a prominent place in the laboratory;

(3) make accurate statements concerning its fields of accreditation and certification status that are not misleading or unauthorized;

(4) not use its certificate, certification status, the TNI or NELAP logo, or both logos, to imply endorsement by the department;

(5) ensure that no report or certificate, or any part of a report or certificate, is used in a misleading manner;

(6) update or discontinue the laboratory's use of any communications upon suspension, revocation, or withdrawal of certification that contains any reference to any field of accreditation for which the laboratory does not currently maintain certification;

(7) accompany the accreditation symbol, if using, with a clear indication as to which field of accreditation the certification is related;

(8) use the accreditation symbols only for documents or reports produced from the laboratory or any of the laboratory premises for analyses that are specifically included in the laboratory's scope of accreditation.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-15-36

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-1,109a; implementing K.S.A. 65-171l and 65-1,109a; effective, E-79-14, June 23, 1978; effective May 1, 1979; amended May 1, 1983; amended May 1, 1986; amended May 1, 1988; amended Jan. 24, 1994; amended May 25, 2001; amended March 26, 2004; amended June 1, 2007; amended by Kansas Register Volume 43, No. 41; effective 10/25/2024.