Section Env-C 310.01 - Mandatory Use of Third Party Assessor Organization (TPAO)(a) The department shall require an in-state or out-of-state laboratory to use a TPAO for part or all of an assessment if:(1) Based on available resources, the department will not be able to perform an on-site assessment within the required on-site time frame, for example because of the number and complexity of the field(s) of accreditation for which accreditation is sought;(2) Based on available resources, the department will not be able to perform an initial or reassessment within the required 2 year plus or minus 6 months time frame; or (3) The department staff lacks expertise in a field of accreditation requested by the laboratory.(b) The department shall notify the laboratory, in writing, of the need to use a TPAO within 30 days of receiving a laboratory's application for initial accreditation or at the time an accreditation renewal application is sent to a laboratory, as applicable. (c) The authorized agent for a laboratory that receives a notice pursuant to (b), above, shall: (1) Choose the TPAO to conduct the assessment from the list of approved TPAOs prepared by the department pursuant to Env-C 310.05(d); and(2) Not later than one month prior to the scheduled onsite assessment, inform the department in writing of which TPAO the laboratory has contracted with.(d) If the authorized agent fails to comply with (c), above, the department shall inform the authorized agent, in writing, that accreditation shall not be granted or renewed until the requirements of (c), above, have been met.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-C 310.01
#4861, eff 7-6-90; ss by #5564, eff 1-28-93, EXPIRED: 1-28-99
New. #7035, INTERIM, eff 6-25-99, EXPIRES: 10-23-99
New. #7126, eff 10-29-99; ss by 9009, INTERIM, eff 10-29-07, EXPIRES: 4-26-08; ss by 9134, eff 4-19-08
Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 2, Filed January 12, 2017, Proposed by #12065, Effective 1/1/2017, Expires 1/1/2027.Amended by Volume XLI Number 49, Filed December 9, 2021, Proposed by #13291, Effective 11/23/2021, Expires 11/23/2031