Section 465.180 Revocation of Certification

Section 465

TITLE 77: PUBLIC HEALTH

CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

SUBCHAPTER e: LABORATORIES AND BLOOD BANKS

PART 465 CERTIFICATION AND OPERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES

SECTION 465.180 REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATION

Section 465.180  Revocation

of Certification

a)         The Department may revoke all or any part of an environmental

laboratory's certification.  Any of the following shall be cause for partial or

total revocation of certification:

1)         Expiration of a period of provisional certification, provided

the laboratory has not corrected the deficiencies after being placed on

provisional certification in accordance with the provisions of Section 465.150;

2)         Unsatisfactory analyses of PTs  as specified in Section

465.200;

3)         Failure to notify the Department within 15 days after any of

the changes listed in Section 465.170 have occurred;

4)         Failure to comply with the requirements regarding advertising

as specified in Section 465.140(d);

5)         Failure to use the analytical methodology specified in this

Part or approved in accordance with this Part;

6)         Failure to provide notice in accordance with Section

465.150(b) of its status as a provisionally certified environmental laboratory;

7)         Falsification of results of testing PTs  or any other

information material to the certification; or

8)         When conducting PTs analysis in accordance with Section

465.200, failure to provide results proving satisfactory precision and accuracy

in two successive  samples shall be cause for revocation of certification for

the parameter or method that is not within satisfactory limits

Falsification of results of testing PTs  or any other

information material to the certification; or

8)         When conducting PTs analysis in accordance with Section

465.200, failure to provide results proving satisfactory precision and accuracy

in two successive  samples shall be cause for revocation of certification for

the parameter or method that is not within satisfactory limits.

b)         The Department shall take the following factors into account

in determining what action should be taken against a certified environmental

laboratory for failing to comply with the requirements of this Section:

1)         The length of time during which the failure has existed;

2)         The laboratory's prior record of failures and response in

correcting failures noted by the Department;

3)         Whether the laboratory knowingly caused or allowed the

failure; and

4)         The potential effect of the failure on the quality of

analytical data generated by the laboratory.