In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-495

  • Compliance testing: means laboratory analysis of any matter, pollutant, contaminant, hazardous substance or other substance subject to regulation pursuant to:

    (a) Title 49 or rules adopted or enforced by the department of environmental quality for the purpose of determining compliance with title 49. See Arizona Laws 36-495

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-495
  • Director: means the director of the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-495
  • Facility: means a place, building, installation, structure or vehicle. See Arizona Laws 36-495
  • laboratory: means a facility where compliance testing is performed. See Arizona Laws 36-495
  • License: means a regular license, renewal license or provisional license issued by the department pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-495
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. "Compliance testing" means laboratory analysis of any matter, pollutant, contaminant, hazardous substance or other substance subject to regulation pursuant to:

(a) Title 49 or rules adopted or enforced by the department of environmental quality for the purpose of determining compliance with title 49.

(b) Federal environmental statutes or regulations administered or enforced by the United States environmental protection agency relating to the safe drinking water act (42 United States Code §§ 300f through 300j), the clean air act (42 United States Code §§ 7401 through 7642), the clean water act (33 United States Code §§ 1251 through 1376), the resource conservation and recovery act (42 United States Code §§ 6921 through 6939B), the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act (42 United States Code §§ 9601 through 9657) and the toxic substance control act (42 United States Code §§ 2601 through 2654) as they relate only to the regulation of polychlorinated biphenyls and asbestos.

(c) Federal or state statutes and rules relating to the safety, contamination and sanitation of drinking water sold in bottles, or ice or water sold by machine or hauled and enforced by the department of health services or the United States food and drug administration.

2. "Department" means the department of health services.

3. "Director" means the director of the department of health services.

4. "Environmental laboratory" or "laboratory" means a facility where compliance testing is performed.

5. "Facility" means a place, building, installation, structure or vehicle.

6. "Government agency" means an agency of the United States government, this state or a political subdivision of this state.

7. "Laboratory director" means an individual who administers the technical and scientific operation of an environmental laboratory and who is responsible for reporting laboratory test results as specified in this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.

8. "License" means a regular license, renewal license or provisional license issued by the department pursuant to this chapter.

9. "Person" means an individual, employee, officer, managing body, trust, firm, joint stock company, consortium, corporation, partnership, association, state or political subdivision of a state or the United States government.