N.H. Admin. Code Env, Env-C, ch. Env-C 300, app D
"Accreditation body" means the territorial, state or federal agency having responsibility and accountability for environmental laboratory accreditation and which grants accreditation".
"Assessment" means the evaluation process used to measure or establish the performance, effectiveness, and conformance of an organization and/or its systems to defined criteria (to the standards and requirements of laboratory accreditation).
"Demonstration of Capability" means a procedure to establish the ability of the analyst to generate analytical results of acceptable accuracy and precision.
"Field of Accreditation" means those matrix, technology/method, and analyte combinations for which the accreditation body offers accreditation.
"Proficiency Testing (PT)" means a means of evaluating a laboratory's performance under controlled conditions relative to a given set of criteria through analysis of unknown samples provided by an external source.
"Proficiency Testing Provider (PTP)" means a person or organization accredited by the TNI-approved Proficiency Testing Provider Accreditor to operate a TNI-compliant PT program.
"Quality System" means a structured and documented management system describing the policies, objectives, principles, organizational authority, responsibilities, accountability, and implementation plan of an organization for ensuring quality in its work processes, products (items), and services. The quality system provides the framework for planning, implementing, and assessing work performed by the organization and for carrying out required quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) activities.
"Revocation" means the total or partial withdrawal of a laboratory's accreditation by an accreditation body.
"Suspension" means the temporary removal of a laboratory's accreditation for a defined period of time, which shall not exceed six (6) months or the period of accreditation, whichever is longer, in order to allow the laboratory time to correct deficiencies or area of non-conformance with the Standard.
N.H. Admin. Code Env, Env-C, ch. Env-C 300, app D