Ohio Admin. Code 3745-300-04 - Certified laboratories - retention of documents and data
(A)
A certified laboratory shall maintain all documents and
data prepared or acquired in connection with a voluntary action for a period of
at least ten years after the date that the laboratory's analyses were submitted
to a certified professional or volunteer.
(B)
The certified
laboratory may retain the documents and data using any available technology,
provided that the laboratory can readily retrieve the documents and data in
legible condition when retrieval is requested by Ohio EPA during the ten-year
retention period.
(C)
If a certified laboratory does not intend to retain
such documents and data after ten years, the laboratory shall notify Ohio EPA
of such intent, and provide Ohio EPA the opportunity to obtain the documents
and data.
(D)
The documents and data shall be retained until the
notice described in paragraph (C) of this rule is provided to Ohio EPA, and
Ohio EPA notifies the certified laboratory in writing whether Ohio EPA will
obtain the documents and data.
(E)
Notification of
Ohio EPA pursuant to this paragraph is not required as long as a certified
laboratory continues to retain all documents and data.
Replaces: 3745-300-04
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3746.04
Rule Amplifies: 3746.18, 3746.19, 3746.31
Prior Effective Dates: 12/29/1995, 12/16/1996, 03/04/2002, 10/14/2006, 03/01/2009, 04/23/2012, 08/01/2014, 10/17/2019, 01/31/2022, 06/05/2023
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