Arizona Administrative Code
Title 3 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - STATE AGRICULTURAL LABORATORY
Article 1 - SAMPLING AND LABORATORY CERTIFICATION
Section R3-5-101 - Definitions

In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §§ 3-101 and 3-141, the following terms apply to this Chapter:

"Accuracy" means the closeness of an observation to the true value.

"Embossing Seal" means a seal approved by the SAL.

"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that establishes, conducts, or maintains a laboratory as prescribed in A.R.S. § 3-145(A).

"Precision" means the agreement of repeated observations made under the same conditions.

"Proficiency Testing Program" or "PTP" means a check sample testing program.

"Quality assurance" means an integrated system of management activities involving planning, implementation, assessment, reporting, and quality improvement to ensure that a process, item, or service is of definable quality.

"SAL" means Arizona Department of Agriculture State Agricultural Laboratory.

"Testing" means a process employed to achieve a result for an agricultural service performed by a certified laboratory.