WAC 173-50-067   Quality assurance manual.  (1) The lab accreditation unit reviews and approves the laboratory's QA manual prior to the initial on-site assessment. The QA manual submitted concurrently with the application must be in detail and scope commensurate with the size and mission of the laboratory. Guidelines for contents of the QA manual are in the procedural manual.

     (2) The QA manual must address QA and QC requirements of applicable regulatory programs. For drinking water laboratories, such requirements are found in the drinking water certification manual.

     (3) For laboratories applying for primary NELAP accreditation, QA requirements, including the conduct of specific QC tests, are those designated in the NELAC standards. If a NELAC standard is more stringent than the corresponding standard in this chapter, the NELAC standard applies for laboratories seeking NELAP accreditation.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.230. 02-20-090 (Order 01-12), § 173-50-067, filed 10/1/02, effective 11/1/02.]