- 1. Falsification of data or use of other deceptive practices.
- 2. Reporting proficiency testing data from another laboratory as its own.
- 3. Failure to use the federally-approved methods incorporated by reference into this chapter at 1VAC30-41-55.
- 4. Refusal to participate in an onsite assessment conducted by DCLS.
- 5. Failure to pay the annual fee to DCLS.
- 6. For provisionally certified laboratories, failure to successfully analyze a PT sample or any other unknown test sample for a particular contaminant within the specified acceptance limits.
- 7. For provisionally certified laboratories, failure to satisfy DCLS that the laboratory has corrected identified deficiencies based on an onsite assessment.
- 8. For provisionally certified laboratories, persistent failure to comply with the reporting requirements specified in 1VAC30-41-190.
DCLS shall downgrade a drinking water laboratory's status to not certified from certified or provisionally certified or interim certified status for each contaminant and by each method for any of the following reasons:
Statutory Authority
§§ 2.2-1102 and 2.2-1105 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 300f et seq.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 30, Issue 14, eff. May 1, 2014.