Arizona Administrative Code
Title 3 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - STATE AGRICULTURAL LABORATORY
Article 1 - SAMPLING AND LABORATORY CERTIFICATION
Section R3-5-112 - Licensing Time-frames
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 3-5-112
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. Overall time-frame. The Department shall issue or deny a laboratory certification within the overall time-frames listed in Table 1 after receipt of an application. The overall time-frame is the total of the number of days provided for the administrative completeness review and the substantive review.
B. Administrative completeness review.
1. The applicable
administrative completeness review time-frame established in Table 1 begins on
the date the Department receives an application. The Department shall notify
the applicant in writing within the administrative completeness review
time-frame whether the application is incomplete. The notice shall specify the
information that is missing. If the Department does not provide notice to the
applicant within the administrative completeness review time-frame, the
application is complete.
2. An
applicant with an incomplete certification application shall supply the missing
information within the completion request period established in Table 1. The
administrative completeness review time-frame is suspended from the date that
the Department mails the notice of missing information to the applicant until
the date that the Department receives the information.
3. If the applicant fails to submit the
missing information before expiration of the completion request period, the
Department shall close the file, unless the applicant requests an extension. An
applicant whose file has been closed may obtain laboratory certification by
submitting a new application.
4. If
an applicant requests laboratory certification of a new service, the Department
shall add 90 days to the administrative completeness review time-frame to
provide time for establishing a protocol for granting certification.
C. Substantive review. The substantive review time-frame established in Table 1 begins on the date that the application is administratively complete.
1. On-site survey.
a. Within 30 days after receipt of a complete
application, the SAL shall schedule an on-site survey of an applicant's
laboratory facilities.
b. The
Assistant Director may waive the on-site survey for a renewal applicant if the
renewal applicant is in compliance with the other provisions of this
Article.
2. If the
Department makes a comprehensive written request for additional information,
the applicant shall submit the additional information identified by the request
within the additional information period provided in Table 1. The substantive
review time-frame is suspended from the date that the Department mails the
request until the information is received by the Department. If the applicant
fails to provide the information identified in the written request within the
additional information period, the Department shall deny the
certification.
3. If laboratory
certification is denied, the Department shall send the applicant written notice
explaining:
a. The reason for the denial with
citations to supporting statutes or rules;
b. The applicant's right to appeal the
denial;
c. The period for appealing
the denial; and
d. The name and
telephone number of a Department contact person who can answer questions
regarding the appeals process.
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