1. (a) In determining whether to approve an application for secondary accreditation, the department shall consider:

   1. (1) The matrix, method, and analyte combination listed on the analyte list of the primary accreditation body;
   2. (2) The matrix, method, and analyte combination available in the department’s fields of accreditation;
   3. (3) The accreditation status information from the primary accreditation body; and
   4. (4) The results of the review of documentation submitted as part of the application process.
2. (b) Accreditation status shall be either “Accredited” for a laboratory meeting the TNI standards, or “Not Accredited” for a laboratory not meeting the TNI standards, based upon the criteria specified in (a), above, and Env-C 303.18.

Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-C 300) #12065, eff 1-1-17; ss by #13291, eff 11-23-21