California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 3 - Environmental Laboratories

• Section 100825.
  (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act.(b) Laboratories that perform analyses on any combination of environmental samples, or...
• Section 100827.
  A laboratory accredited by the department shall report, in a timely fashion and in accordance with the request for analysis, the full and complete results...
• Section 100829.
  The State Water Resources Control Board may do all of the following related to accrediting environmental laboratories in the state:(a) Offer both state accreditation and TNI...
• Section 100830.
  The department may do all of the following:(a) Adopt regulations establishing requirements for both types of accreditation. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to,...
• Section 100832.
  All regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this article, as they read immediately preceding January 1, 2006, shall remain in full force and effect...
• Section 100837.
  The state board may contract with approved third-party laboratory assessor bodies in accordance with the criteria developed by the TNI or a federal agency.(Amended by...
• Section 100840.
  Any laboratory requesting ELAP certification or TNI accreditation under this article shall file with the state board an application on forms prescribed by the state...
• Section 100845.
  (a)  Each certificate issued pursuant to this article for ELAP certification shall be issued to the owner of the laboratory and shall expire 24 months...
• Section 100847.
  (a) The period of accreditation for TNI accredited laboratories shall be 12 months. An application for renewal shall be filed with the state board prior to...
• Section 100850.
  (a) Upon the filing of an application for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation and after a finding by the state board that there is full compliance...
• Section 100851.
  (a) An application for TNI accreditation or renewal of TNI accreditation shall be denied by the accrediting body for any of the following reasons:(1) Failure to submit...
• Section 100852.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the state board may issue a certificate to the owner of a laboratory in a field of testing or method adopted...
• Section 100855.
  Upon the denial of an application for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation, the state board shall immediately notify the applicant or organization by certified mail,...
• Section 100860.1.
  (a) At the time of application for ELAP certification and annually thereafter, from the date of the issuance of the certificate, a laboratory shall pay an...
• Section 100862.
  (a) At the time of application for TNI accreditation and annually thereafter, from the date of the issuance of the accreditation, a laboratory shall pay a...
• Section 100863.
  The department shall appoint a multidisciplinary committee to assist, advise, and make recommendations regarding technical, scientific, and administrative matters concerning the accreditation or certification of...
• Section 100865.
  (a) In order to carry out the purpose of this article, any duly authorized representative of the state board may do the following:(1) Enter and inspect a...
• Section 100870.
  (a) Any laboratory that is ELAP certified or holds TNI accreditation or has applied for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation or for renewal of ELAP certification...
• Section 100872.
  (a) An ELAP certified laboratory shall successfully analyze proficiency testing samples for those fields of testing for which they are certified, not less than once a...
• Section 100875.
  Whenever the state board determines that any laboratory has violated or is violating this article or any certificate, regulation, or standard issued or adopted pursuant...
• Section 100880.
  If the state board determines that a laboratory is in violation of this article or any regulation or order issued or adopted pursuant to this...
• Section 100885.
  (a) Any person who operates a laboratory that performs work that requires certification or TNI accreditation under Section 25198, 25298.5, 25358.4, 110490, or 116390 of this...
• Section 100886.
  Any person who operates a laboratory for the purposes specified in Section 25198, 25298.5, 25358.4, or 116390 of this code, or Section 13176 of the...
• Section 100890.
  (a) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any application, record, or other document submitted, maintained, or used for purposes of compliance...
• Section 100895.
  (a) Any person who knowingly does any of the following acts may, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars...
• Section 100900.
  The remedies provided by this article are cumulative and shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for the...
• Section 100905.
  The department may suspend or revoke any certificate issued under of this article for any of the following reasons:(a)  Violation by the owner of the...
• Section 100907.
  (a) The state board shall revoke, in whole or in part, the accreditation of a TNI accredited laboratory for either of the following reasons:(1) Failure to submit...
• Section 100910.
  (a) The state board, after providing notice to the owner of the laboratory and opportunity for a hearing, may suspend or revoke an ELAP certification or...
• Section 100915.
  (a) (1) The state board may temporarily suspend, in whole or in part, ELAP certification or TNI accreditation prior to any hearing, when it has determined that...
• Section 100920.
  Fees and civil penalties collected under this article shall be deposited in the Environmental Laboratory Improvement Fund, that is hereby created. Moneys in the fund...
• Section 100920.5.
  (a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a decision or order issued by the state board under this chapter, an aggrieved party may...

Last modified: October 22, 2018