Accreditation — Revocation

1. Law
2. Arkansas Code
3. Environmental Law
4. Environmental Testing
5. Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program Act
6. Accreditation — Revocation

1. (a) After a laboratory is accredited, the laboratory's accreditation may be revoked or suspended by the Division of Environmental Quality for:

   1. (1) Knowingly falsifying any data submitted to the division or any data related to laboratory analysis;

   2. (2) Knowingly making any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document issued by or sent to the division or related to laboratory analysis;

   3. (3) Knowingly misrepresenting procedures or documentation used in sampling or laboratory analysis;

   4. (4) Failing to comply with any one (1) or more of the following requirements under which the accreditation was issued:

      1. (A) Methods or procedures pertaining to analytical techniques, quality assurance, recordkeeping, or reporting methods; or

      2. (B) Facility, equipment, or personnel requirements; or

   5. (5) Failing to achieve acceptable results for specific analytes, methods, or matrices for which it has been accredited.

2. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person:

   1. (1) To knowingly falsify any data submitted to the division or any data related to laboratory analysis;

   2. (2) To knowingly make any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document issued by or sent to the division or related to laboratory analysis;

   3. (3) To knowingly misrepresent sampling procedures or methods used in laboratory analysis;

   4. (4) To knowingly render inaccurate any accreditation issued under this subchapter; or

   5. (5) To knowingly represent that a person is accredited when that person is not accredited.

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