Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING LABORATORY ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION
Subchapter B - ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING LABORATORY ACCREDITATION
Section 25.34 - Suspension of Accreditation
Universal Citation: 30 TX Admin Code § 25.34
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) After notice and opportunity for hearing according to Chapter 80 of this title (relating to Contested Case Hearings), the commission may suspend an environmental testing laboratory's accreditation, in whole or in part, for up to six months. Reasons to suspend an environmental testing laboratory's accreditation includes, but is not limited to, failing to:
(1) maintain a
quality system;
(2) comply with
minimum performance and quality assurance standards;
(3) maintain records of the laboratory's
personnel, operations, data, or analysis;
(4) successfully complete required
proficiency tests;
(5) employ staff
that meet required personnel qualifications for education, training, and
experience; or
(6) notify the
executive director of changes in accreditation criteria.
(b) Accreditation shall be reinstated if the executive director determines that the environmental testing laboratory personnel have:
(1) effectively corrected and
taken steps to prevent a recurrence of the deficiencies that led to the
suspension of accreditation;
(2)
complied with all requirements imposed by the executive director or the
commission; and
(3) submitted an
application for reinstatement that conforms to the standards for accreditation
as specified in §
25.9 of this title (relating to
Standards for Environmental Testing Laboratory Accreditation) and the
requirements of this chapter.
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