Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection General
Chapter NR 149 - Laboratory Accreditation
Subchapter VII - Quality Systems
Section NR 149.36 - Laboratory personnel
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 149.36
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTICAL STAFF. The laboratory shall have personnel with education, training, or experience that allows the laboratory to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Contractors, external to the laboratory, may serve in key laboratory roles. When external contractors serve in essential laboratory roles, the contracts shall be available to the department to ensure that contractual specifications satisfy the requirements of this chapter.
Note: For requirements regarding changes in key personnel see s. NR 149.155.
(2) DEMONSTRATION OF CAPABILITY.
(a) When a laboratory references a method
that contains procedures for demonstrating initial capability, continuing
capability or both, personnel performing analyses using these methods shall
perform the procedures, meet any associated evaluation criteria, and document
the results. When initial demonstrations of capability include the analysis of
samples, the samples shall be prepared from a clean matrix and processed
through all method preparation steps.
(b) When a laboratory references a method
that does not contain procedures for demonstrating initial capability, the
laboratory shall establish initial demonstration of capability criteria for
determining that each person who performs testing on compliance samples using
the method has demonstrated the necessary skills and expertise required to
generate quality analytical results. The laboratory shall retain documentation
that each person performing a given test on compliance samples has satisfied
the demonstration of capability criteria established by the
laboratory.
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