The department may do all of the following:
(a) Adopt regulations establishing requirements for both types of accreditation. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Laboratory personnel.
(2) Quality assurance procedures.
(3) Laboratory equipment.
(4) Facilities.
(5) Standard operating procedures.
(6) Proficiency testing.
(7) Onsite assessments.
(8) Recordkeeping.
(9) Units and fields of accreditation.
(b) Adopt regulations establishing conditions under which the department may issue, deny, renew, or suspend a certificate of accreditation for individual units or fields. Suspension and denial of units or fields of accreditation shall be based on a laboratory’s failure to comply with this article and regulations adopted thereunder.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 406, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2006.)