Section 15. Standards for accreditation transition

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A. Commercial environmental laboratories are accredited under the standards of the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC), now The NELAC Institute (TNI).

B. DCLS shall accredit commercial environmental laboratories under the 2003 NELAC Standards as specified by the provisions of this chapter that became effective on January 1, 2009, for the first 10 months following November 1, 2015.

C. DCLS shall accredit commercial environmental laboratories under the 2009 TNI Standards as specified by the provisions of this chapter effective on November 1, 2015, beginning on the first day of the 11th month following November 1, 2015.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 32, Issue 01, eff. November 1, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§ 2.2-1105 of the Code of Virginia.

                    
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