- A. A certification may be downgraded to provisional certification or revoked by the Department following an opportunity for a hearing before the Secretary or a designated hearing officer, pursuant to COMAR 26.01.02.
- B. Written notification will be issued to the water quality laboratory or person, or persons, responsible for its operation, specifying one or more reasons for refusal, downgrade to a provisional certification, or revocation.
- C. If certification is downgraded to provisional certification, full certification is withdrawn until the cause for noncompliance with this chapter has been removed or addressed.
- D. A provisional certification status continuing for more than 90 days without correction may be followed by revocation.
- E. After revocation of its certification, the water quality laboratory may be recertified upon presentation to the Department of reasonable evidence of capability to comply with this chapter.
Authority: Environment Article, Title 9, Subtitle 10, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: November 21, 1983 (10:23 Md. R. 2063)
Chapter recodified from COMAR 10.10.04 to COMAR 26.08.05
Regulations .01—.16 repealed and new Regulations .01—.18 adopted effective July 21, 2014 (41:14 Md. R. 800)