As used in this article:
1. "Acceptable results" means a result within limits determined on the basis of statistical procedures as prescribed by the Department;
2. “Accreditation” means the act of certifying that a laboratory maintains suitable standards and includes primary accreditation and reciprocity accreditation;
3. “Analyte” means the characteristics of a laboratory sample determined by an analytic laboratory testing procedure;
4. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality;
5. "Evaluation" means a review of the quality control and quality assurance procedures, recordkeeping, reporting procedures, methodology, personal qualifications, equipment, facilities and analytical technique of a laboratory for measuring or establishing specific parameters;
6. "Laboratory" means a facility that performs analyses to determine the chemical, physical, or biological properties of air, water, solid waste, hazardous waste, wastewater, or soil or subsoil materials or performs any other analyses related to environmental quality evaluations; and
7. “Letters of accreditation” means a document issued by the Department showing those analytes for which a laboratory is accredited.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 31, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 109, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 1998; Laws 2003, c. 118, § 2, emerg. eff. April 22, 2003.
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