Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police
276b - Standards for Testing of Construction Materials
Section 29-276b-4 - Conformance with the national voluntary laboratory accreditation program

(a) The supervising professional engineer for a testing laboratory operated by any person, firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of Chapter 391 shall certify when applicable that the laboratory facility, its standards, its equipment, its test methods and the qualifications of laboratory testing personnel conform to the standards, criteria and qualifications required in Sections 29-276b-1, 29-276b-2 and 29-276b-3 of these regulations; but such laboratory's facilities, standards, equipment, test methods and personnel qualifications shall conform at a minimum to the standards, criteria and qualifications required by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

(b) A testing laboratory operated by any person, firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of Chapter 391 need not obtain accreditation with the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program, although such laboratory may use its accreditation for performing given tests as a basis for certifying that the laboratory may conduct those tests.

(c) If its supervising professional engineer determines that a testing laboratory operated by any person, firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of Chapter 391 does not meet the requirements set forth in Sections 29-276b-1 through 29-276b-4(a), inclusive, of these regulations, the engineer shall forthwith report the deficiencies which he has found to the Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors of the Department of Consumer Protection.