Arizona Laws 36-495.01. Licensure program; rules
A. On or before July 1, 1991, the department shall license environmental laboratories engaged in compliance testing. Upon application for an environmental laboratory license, the department shall issue the license if, after investigation, the department determines that the application conforms with the standards established by the department.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-495.01
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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. See Arizona Laws 36-495
B. The director shall prescribe rules providing for minimum standards of proficiency, methodology, quality assurance, operation and safety for environmental laboratories and may prescribe standards for personnel education, training and experience to meet federal environmental statutes or regulations, or enabling reciprocity with other states and the manner and form in which compliance testing results are reported. The rules shall be developed in cooperation with the director of the department of environmental quality and shall be consistent with title 49 and rules administered or enforced by the director of environmental quality.
C. The director shall prescribe rules providing minimum standards for third party accreditation.
D. Unless exempted by Section 36-495.02, no person may operate or maintain an environmental laboratory without a license issued by the department pursuant to this chapter.