Section 445A.54274 - Acceptance of analysis conducted by laboratory located outside StateThe Bureau shall accept data relating to the analysis of contaminants regulated pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Act that are submitted from a laboratory located outside this State if:
1. The laboratory has otherwise complied with the requirements set forth in NAC 445A.542 to 445A.54296, inclusive;2. The laboratory is certified by: (a) The state where it is located or, if the state where the laboratory is located does not have a program for certifying laboratories for the analysis of drinking water, by any other state that provides those certifications; or(b) The Environmental Protection Agency;3. The Bureau determines that the state where the laboratory is located: (a) Has adopted a program for certifying laboratories for the analysis of drinking water that is equivalent to the program for certifying those laboratories adopted by this State; and(b) Accepts the results of laboratories certified in this State; and4. The laboratory submits to the Bureau a copy of an acceptable report relating to the most recent evaluation conducted at the laboratory by:(a) The state where the laboratory is certified;(b) An independent organization that is approved by the Bureau to certify laboratories for the analysis of drinking water; or(c) The Environmental Protection Agency. The evaluation to which the report relates must be conducted within the 2 years immediately preceding the date of the application for certification of the laboratory.
Nev. Admin. Code § 445A.54274
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R203-99, eff. 8-1-2001