Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) Definitions.
For the purposes of this regulation, each of the following terms shall have the
meaning specified in this subsection:
(1)
"Application cycle" means the period of time from submission of an application
for certification to issuance of the laboratory's certificate.
(2) "Direct management" means the supervisor
or supervisors located on-site that is an analyst's first communication
resource and is one level above the analyst or analysts in a laboratory's
organizational structure.
(3)
"Quality system" means the implementation of policies, procedures, objectives,
responsibilities, and performance measures that laboratory management puts in
place to ensure the data produced from the laboratory is of a known and
documented quality.
(4)
"State-specific method" means any environmental testing method developed by the
state of Kansas that is required to be used for compliance
testing.
(b) Fees for
primary certification. The fees for accreditation of a laboratory for primary
certification from the department shall be as follows:
(1) $1,050.00 for aquatic toxicity fields of
accreditation;
(2) $275.00 for
microbiology fields of accreditation for each matrix requested;
(3) $525.00 for metal fields of accreditation
for each matrix requested;
(4)
$1,050.00 for organic chemistry fields of accreditation for each matrix
requested;
(5) $500.00 for
inorganic chemistry fields of accreditation for each matrix
requested;
(6) $1,050.00 for
radiochemistry fields of accreditation for each matrix requested;
(7) $3,000.00 plus travel expenses incurred
for each on-site assessment conducted for a laboratory located outside the
state of Kansas;
(8) $75.00 for
adding fields of accreditation to a scope of accreditation outside of the
application cycle if the laboratory is already certified for the technology
being requested;
(9) $300.00 for
adding fields of accreditation to a scope of accreditation outside of the
application cycle if the laboratory is not already certified for the technology
being requested; and
(10) $200.00
for each additional laboratory operating in different physical locations and
certified under the same certificate that meets the following criteria:
(A) All facilities share the same direct
management;
(B) all locations are
within 25 miles of each other;
(C)
the same laboratory staff are utilized at all locations; and
(D) all locations and staff utilize the same
quality system.
(c) Fees for secondary certification. The
fees for accreditation of a laboratory for secondary certification shall be
$1,300.00 for each matrix for which certification is requested. Additional fees
for secondary certification shall be as follows:
(1) $50.00 for each matrix to add a field of
accreditation or fields of accreditation to a scope of accreditation outside of
the application cycle if the laboratory is certified for the technology that is
requested.
(2) $100.00 for each
matrix to add a field of accreditation or fields of accreditation to a scope of
accreditation outside of the application cycle if the laboratory is not
certified for the technology that is requested.
(3) $400.00 for each state-specific method
requested for certification.
(d) Supplemental parameter fees. For each
supplemental parameter, the accreditation fee shall be $200.00 for each method
and matrix combination for which certification is requested.
(e) Field laboratory accreditation fees. The
accreditation fees for each field laboratory shall be $70.00 for one field of
accreditation and $120.00 for two or more fields of accreditation.
(f) Fee payments and refunds. All fees shall
be remitted in full before the issuance of the certificate. Fees shall not be
refunded for overpayment. Each payment of fees shall be payable to the
environmental laboratory improvement program office by check, credit card,
money order, or state interfund and submitted to the department.