1 Va. Admin. Code § 30-41-220 - Procedure to downgrade to provisionally certified status
A. DCLS shall notify the laboratory director
in writing that DCLS intends to downgrade the laboratory to provisionally
certified status. DCLS shall send this notification within 14 days of becoming
aware of the cause for the downgrade. DCLS shall send the notification by
certified mail or other equivalent mailing service.
B. The laboratory director shall review the
problems cited in the notice. Within 30 days of receiving the notice, the
laboratory director shall send DCLS a letter specifying what immediate
corrective actions are being taken and any proposed action that needs the
concurrence of DCLS.
C. DCLS shall
consider the adequacy of the laboratory's response and notify the laboratory
director in writing by certified mail or other equivalent mailing service of
the laboratory's certification status. DCLS shall respond within 14 days of
receiving the laboratory's letter and corrective action plan.
D. The laboratory shall correct the problems
cited in the initial notification letter from DCLS within three months of the
date of the DCLS response to the laboratory's corrective action plan.
E. If within three months the laboratory has
not corrected the problems for which DCLS downgraded the laboratory to
provisionally certified status, DCLS shall revoke the laboratory's
certification status. This revocation shall apply only to the contaminants and
methods for which the laboratory was initially cited in the DCLS downgrade
notification.
F. DCLS shall follow
the provisions of
1VAC30-41-240 in revoking the
laboratory's certification.
G. A
provisionally certified laboratory may continue to analyze samples for
compliance purposes but shall notify its clients in writing of its downgraded
status and shall indicate its downgraded status in writing on any
report.
Notes
Statutory Authority: §§ 2.2-1102 and 2.2-1105 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 300f et seq.
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