Section NR 149.36 - Laboratory personnel(1) MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTICAL STAFF. The laboratory shall have personnel with education, training, or experience that allows the laboratory to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Contractors, external to the laboratory, may serve in key laboratory roles. When external contractors serve in essential laboratory roles, the contracts shall be available to the department to ensure that contractual specifications satisfy the requirements of this chapter. Note: For requirements regarding changes in key personnel see s. NR 149.155.
(2) DEMONSTRATION OF CAPABILITY. (a) When a laboratory references a method that contains procedures for demonstrating initial capability, continuing capability or both, personnel performing analyses using these methods shall perform the procedures, meet any associated evaluation criteria, and document the results. When initial demonstrations of capability include the analysis of samples, the samples shall be prepared from a clean matrix and processed through all method preparation steps.(b) When a laboratory references a method that does not contain procedures for demonstrating initial capability, the laboratory shall establish initial demonstration of capability criteria for determining that each person who performs testing on compliance samples using the method has demonstrated the necessary skills and expertise required to generate quality analytical results. The laboratory shall retain documentation that each person performing a given test on compliance samples has satisfied the demonstration of capability criteria established by the laboratory.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 149.36
CR 06-005: cr. Register April 2008 No. 628, eff. 9-1-08.Amended by, CR 17-046: cr. Register February 2021 No. 782, eff. 6/29/2021