| Pursuant to A.R.S.
§ 36-495.01(A), on or before July 1, 1991, the department shall license
environmental laboratories engaged in compliance testing. Upon application for
an environmental laboratory license, the department shall issue the license
if, after investigation, the department determines that the application
conforms with the standards established by the department.
Pursuant to A.R.S.
§ 36-495.01(D), unless exempted by A.R.S.
§ 36-495.02, no person may operate or maintain an environmental
laboratory without a license issued by the department pursuant to this
chapter.
Pursuant to A.R.S.
§ 36-495.02(A), laboratories are exempt for licensure by the department
if they are:
- Certified or designated by
the United States Environmental Protection Agency as the laboratory which
provides analytical services to this state required for the delegation of
primary enforcement responsibility under a federal law or regulation
administered by that agency.
- Operated by the Arizona
Department of Agriculture or the Radiation Regulatory Agency.
- Performing only compliance
testing of parameters which require analysis at the time of sample
collection as long as the testing methodologies employed are approved by
the director of the department of health services or the department of
environmental quality.
- Licensed to perform those
analyses for which it is licensed for or certified by another agency of
this state.
- Accredited by the national
voluntary laboratory accreditation program administered by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology and approved by the department.
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