N.J. Admin. Code § 7:18-2.11

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 17, September 3, 2024

Section 7:18-2.11 - Duties of environmental laboratory personnel

(a) In its quality assurance/quality control manual maintained pursuant to 7:18-4.5, 5.5, 6.6, 7.7 and 8.4, a certified environmental laboratory shall include duties of the manager, all supervisors, and the quality control officer.

1. The duties of the manager include, but are not limited to, the following:

i. The manager shall administer the operations of the environmental laboratory including the reporting of tests and analyses. The manager shall be available for personal or telephone consultation with the environmental laboratory staff and the Department. If the manager is to be absent, the manager shall arrange for a substitute. When serving as supervisor or acting supervisor, the manager shall meet the requirements of 7:18-2.10(b);

ii. The manager shall assure that all laboratory personnel meet the applicable requirements of 7:18-2.10(b) for their classification;

iii. The manager or designee thereof shall sign reports of analytical data. The laboratory shall inform the Department of the designee's name and authority to sign reports; and

iv. The manager or designee assigned in (a)1iii above, shall obtain a Personal Identification Number from the Department, as specified at 7:18-1.9(c), for the electronic submittal of data required under the statutes listed at 7:18-1.1(c). Submission of data using that PIN certifies that the manager or assigned designee believes that the submitted information is true, accurate, complete and generated according to the procedures contained in N.J.A.C. 7:18.

2. The duties of supervisors include, but are not limited to, the following:

i. Each supervisor shall monitor the performance of technical personnel performing the analysis of a parameter to determine whether the personnel are complying with applicable requirements of this chapter. Each supervisor shall report results within the Category or Categories for which the supervisor is qualified;

ii. Each supervisor shall only perform tests or analyses within the Category or Categories for which the supervisor is qualified; and

iii. Each supervisor shall oversee the performance of all laboratory procedures, tests, analyses, and quality assurance within the Category or Categories for which the supervisor is qualified, to assure that it is in compliance with this chapter.

3. The duties of the quality assurance officer include, but are not limited to, the following:

i. The quality assurance (QA) officer shall ensure that the environmental laboratory follows the quality control procedures of the DSAMs and of N.J.A.C. 7:18-3 through 8; and

ii. The QA officer shall implement the procedures of the environmental laboratory's quality assurance/quality control manual, pursuant to 7:18-4.5, 5.5, 6.6, 7.7 and 8.4.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:18-2.11

Administrative change.
See: 28 New Jersey Register 4098(a).
Amended by R.2002 d.316, effective 9/16/2002.
See: 34 New Jersey Register 1613(a), 34 New Jersey Register 3256(a).
Added (a)1iv.