The revocation or suspension of accreditation shall operate to prohibit any successor in interest from applying for reaccreditation from NH ELAP until the end of the term for which the accreditation was revoked or suspended.

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

Appendix A: State Statutes Implemented

Rule

State Statute(s) Implemented

Env-C 301, Env-C 302

RSA 485:44, II; RSA 485:47, I

Env-C 303

RSA 485:44, I; RSA 485:44, VII; RSA 485:46; RSA 485:47

Env-C 304

RSA 485:44, II; RSA 485:44 VII; RSA 485:44, X

Env-C 305, Env-C 306

RSA 485:44, II; RSA 485:44 III; RSA 485:47

Env-C 307

RSA 485:44, II; RSA 485:44, III; RSA 485:47, I

Env-C 308

RSA 485:44, II; RSA 485:47, I

Env-C 309, Env-C 310

RSA 485:44, II, RSA 485:47, I

Env-C 311

RSA 485:44, IX, RSA 485:47, III; RSA 541-A:16, I

Appendix B: Incorporated Reference

Rule (Env-C)

Reference (Date/Edition)

Obtain From (Cost)

301.03; 303.01(b)(3); 303.19(a)(1); 304.05(g)&(i); 305.02(c)&(d)(1)-(2); 305.05; 305.06; 305.07; 305.08; 305.09(a)&(b); 305.10(a)&(b); 305.11; 305.13; 305.14; 307.01(b), (d), (e), & (g); 307.03(b); 307.05(a)(2); 307.06(c); 308.01(a)(1)&(d)(1)-(3); 308.02; 308.03(b); 308.05(b); 308.06(a)&(e); 309.01(e); 311.01(a)(3); 311.02(a)(3); 311.03(a)(4)

Laboratory Accreditation Standards, Volume 1: Management and Technical Requirements for Laboratories Performing Environmental Analysis (2016)

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301.03; 304.05(b); 309.01(a)&(e); 310.05(a)(2)&(3)

Laboratory Accreditation Standards, Volume 2: General Requirements for Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Environmental Laboratories (2016)

Appendix C: Statutory Definitions

RSA 485:1-a:

XIII. “Person” means any individual, partnership, company, public or private corporation, political subdivision or agency of the state, department, agency or instrumentality of the United States, or any other legal entity.”

Appendix D: The NELAC Institute Volume 1, Module 1 & 2 Definitions

“Accreditation body” means the territorial, state or federal agency having responsibility and accountability for environmental laboratory accreditation and which grants accreditation”.

“Assessment” means the evaluation process used to measure or establish the performance, effectiveness, and conformance of an organization and/or its systems to defined criteria (to the standards and requirements of laboratory accreditation).

“Demonstration of Capability” means a procedure to establish the ability of the analyst to generate analytical results of acceptable accuracy and precision.

“Field of Accreditation” means those matrix, technology/method, and analyte combinations for which the accreditation body offers accreditation.

“Proficiency Testing (PT)” means a means of evaluating a laboratory’s performance under controlled conditions relative to a given set of criteria through analysis of unknown samples provided by an external source.

“Proficiency Testing Provider (PTP)” means a person or organization accredited by the TNI-approved Proficiency Testing Provider Accreditor to operate a TNI-compliant PT program.

“Quality System” means a structured and documented management system describing the policies, objectives, principles, organizational authority, responsibilities, accountability, and implementation plan of an organization for ensuring quality in its work processes, products (items), and services. The quality system provides the framework for planning, implementing, and assessing work performed by the organization and for carrying out required quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) activities.

“Revocation” means the total or partial withdrawal of a laboratory’s accreditation by an accreditation body.

“Suspension” means the temporary removal of a laboratory’s accreditation for a defined period of time, which shall not exceed six (6) months or the period of accreditation, whichever is longer, in order to allow the laboratory time to correct deficiencies or area of non-conformance with the Standard.