Part 1512.0020 - APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION AND RENEWALParticipation by a laboratory in the Minnesota Soil Testing Laboratory Certification Program is voluntary. Application for initial and renewal certification must be on application forms provided by the department. The enrollment period for laboratories to submit an initial certification application and fees is September 1 to November 30 of any year. The application must include the:
A. name, address, and telephone number of the laboratory;B. names and signatures of laboratory supervisors;C. names and signatures of fertilizer recommendation supervisors, if different from those in item B;D. types of analyses and analysis methods requested for initial or renewal certification;E. name of any land grant university whose fertilizer recommendations will be provided on the laboratory's soil analysis and fertility recommendation report forms; andF. most current copy of soil analysis and fertility recommendation report form used for Minnesota based clients. This requirement does not apply for laboratories that are not providing soil analysis and fertility recommendation services in Minnesota as indicated on the initial or renewal certification application.Minn. R. agency 105, ch. 1512, SOIL TESTING LABORATORY CERTIFICATION, pt. 1512.0020
Statutory Authority: MS s 18C.141