La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § XII-1507

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XII-1507 - Application and Approval

A. All public water systems which provide treatment (other than chlorination) to the water shall submit a completed "Request for Approved Chemical Laboratory/Drinking Water" form to the state health officer. If the public water system uses one or more off-site laboratories, it shall be the responsibility of the public water system to notify each such off-site laboratory to submit its own completed "Request for Approved Chemical Laboratory/Drinking Water" form to the state health officer.

B. The "Request for Approved Chemical Laboratory/Drinking Water" form shall list all analytes run by the laboratory as well as the associated laboratory methodology. In addition, laboratories holding the status of an approved chemical laboratory/drinking water shall maintain a readily available list of the names and PWS ID#'s of all public water systems it currently serves.

C. Based upon a satisfactory review of the contents of the submittal (along with a signed statement by any off-site laboratory agreeing to allow unannounced inspections of the laboratory facilities, including any applicable records, by the state health officer), the state health officer shall issue a certificate of approval to the public water system or off-site laboratory granting it the status of a "DHH-OPH Approved Chemical Laboratory/Drinking Water." Each laboratory facility receiving a certificate of approval under this Subsection shall prominently display such certificate.

D. Any correspondence, certificate, advertisement, laboratory results, etc., to or from a "DHH-OPH Approved Chemical Laboratory/Drinking Water" shall state prominently in bold lettering the following statement.

1. This "DHH-OPH Approved Chemical Laboratory/Drinking Water" does not meet the higher criteria required by DHH-OPH to be classified as a "DHH-OPH Certified Chemical Laboratory/Drinking Water;" therefore, any results reported from this laboratory for drinking water parameters which are required to be analyzed in a certified chemical laboratory are officially deemed invalid.

2. Any sample results for a public water system which are officially deemed invalid for failure to have them analyzed in a certified chemical laboratory/drinking water may result in a monitoring violation if replacement samples are not collected and properly analyzed by a certified chemical laboratory/drinking water within the prescribed monitoring period. Any monitoring or analytical violations require public notification as prescribed in §1903 of this Part.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § XII-1507

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 30:1200 (June 2004), amended LR 35:485 (March 2009).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4 (A)(8) and R.S. 40:5 (2)(3)(5)(6)(17)(20).