1. (a) Lab before August 19, 2003, filing provisional application on or before September 1, 2004. A laboratory or its discipline or subdiscipline that was in existence before August 19, 2003, and that applies for accreditation from a recognized accrediting body on or before September 1, 2004, may apply for a provisional DPS accreditation for a term not to exceed 180 days.
2. (b) Lab established and provisional application filed on or after August 20, 2003. A laboratory or its discipline or subdiscipline that was not in existence before August 20, 2003, and that applies for accreditation from a recognized accrediting body on or after that date may apply for a provisional DPS accreditation for a term not to exceed one year.

Source Note:The provisions of this §28.129 adopted to be effective December 17, 2003, 28 TexReg 10954.