The Department of Environmental Quality is hereby designated as the administrative agency for national environmental laboratory accreditation programs and shall:
1. Establish and administer the state water quality and environmental laboratory accreditation programs for laboratories which apply; and
2. Issue, modify, renew, reinstate, revoke, or suspend the accreditation of a laboratory or deny a new or renewal accreditation application.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 33, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 109, § 2, emerg. eff. April 13, 1998; Laws 2003, c. 118, § 4, emerg. eff. April 22, 2003.