Virginia Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES
Chapter 46 - ACCREDITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES
Part I - General Provisions
Section 1VAC30-46-130 - Use of accreditation status by environmental laboratories accredited under this chapter

Universal Citation: 1 VA Admin Code 30-46-130

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024

A. The owner of an environmental laboratory accredited under this chapter shall not misrepresent the laboratory's fields of accreditation or its accreditation status on any document. This includes laboratory reports, catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations or other materials.

B. Environmental laboratories accredited under this chapter shall comply with all of the following:

1. Post or display their most recent accreditation certificate or their fields of accreditation in a prominent place in the laboratory facility.

2. Make accurate statements concerning their fields of accreditation and accreditation status.

3. Accompany DCLS's name or the TNI logo or both with at least the phrase "TNI-accredited" and the laboratory's identification number or other identifier when DCLS's name is used on general literature such as catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations, laboratory analytical reports or other materials.

4. Not use their accreditation certificate, their accreditation status or the TNI logo to imply endorsement by DCLS.

C. The owners of laboratories accredited under this chapter who choose to (i) use DCLS's name; (ii) make reference to its TNI accreditation status; or (iii) use the TNI logo in any catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations, laboratory analytical reports or other materials, shall comply with both of the following:

1. Distinguish between proposed testing for which the laboratory is accredited and the proposed testing for which the laboratory is not accredited.

2. Include the laboratory's identification number or other identifier.

Statutory Authority: § 2.2-1105 of the Code of Virginia.

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