Section 100860.1 Of Article 3. Environmental Laboratories From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 101. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.
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. (a) At the time of application and annually thereafter,
from the date of the issuance of the certificate, a laboratory shall
pay an ELAP certification fee. This fee shall consist of a base or
administrative fee and a fee for each of the ELAP fields of testing
listed below for which the laboratory has requested ELAP
certification. These fees shall be nonrefundable and adopted in
regulations, and shall be sufficient to allow the ELAP program to be
fully fee-supported. The fields of testing for ELAP certification and
their code numbers are the following:
(E101) Microbiology of drinking water.
(E102) Inorganic chemistry of drinking water.
(E103) Toxic chemical elements of drinking water.
(E104) Volatile organic chemistry of drinking water.
(E105) Semi-volatile organic chemistry of drinking water.
(E106) Radiochemistry of drinking water.
(E107) Microbiology of wastewater.
(E108) Inorganic chemistry of wastewater.
(E109) Toxic chemical elements of wastewater.
(E110) Volatile organic chemistry of wastewater.
(E111) Semi-volatile organic chemistry of wastewater.
(E112) Radiochemistry of wastewater.
(E113) Whole effluent toxicity of wastewater.
(E114) Inorganic chemistry and toxic chemical elements of
hazardous waste.
(E115) Extraction test of hazardous waste.
(E116) Volatile organic chemistry of hazardous waste.
(E117) Semi-volatile organic chemistry of hazardous waste.
(E118) Radiochemistry of hazardous waste.
(E119) Toxicity bioassay of hazardous waste.
(E120) Physical properties of hazardous waste.
(E121) Bulk asbestos analysis of hazardous waste.
(E122) Microbiology of food.
(E123) Inorganic chemistry and toxic chemical elements of
pesticide residues in food.
(E124) Organic chemistry of pesticide residues in food
(measurements by MS techniques).
(E125) Organic chemistry of pesticide residues in food (excluding
measurements by MS techniques).
(E126) Microbiology of recreational water.
(E127) Air quality monitoring.
(E128) Shellfish sanitation.
(b) In addition to the payment of ELAP certification fees,
laboratories located outside the State of California shall reimburse
the department for travel and per diem necessary to perform onsite
inspections.
(c) If reciprocity with another jurisdiction is established by
regulation as described in Section 100830, the regulations may
provide for the waiver of certification fees for program activities
considered equivalent.
(d) Fees collected under this section shall be adjusted annually
as specified in Section 100425. The adjustment shall be rounded to
the nearest whole dollar. It is the intent of the Legislature that
the programs operated under this article be fully fee-supported.
(e) State and local government-owned laboratories in California
established under Section 101150 or performing work only in a
reference capacity as a reference laboratory are exempt from the
payment of the fee prescribed under subdivision (a).
(f) In addition to the payment of certification fees, laboratories
certified or applying for certification in fields of testing for
pesticide residues in food shall pay a fee directly to the designated
proficiency testing provider for the cost of each proficiency
testing sample set.
(g) In addition to the payment of certification fees, laboratories
certified or applying for certification shall pay directly to the
designated proficiency testing provider the cost of the proficiency
testing study.
(h) For the purpose of this section, a reference laboratory is a
laboratory owned and operated by a governmental regulatory agency for
the principal purpose of analyzing samples referred by other
laboratories for confirmatory analysis. Reference laboratories carry
out quality assurance functions for other laboratories and may carry
out unusual, highly specialized, and difficult analyses not generally
available through commercial laboratories, and a limited number of
routine analyses, for regulatory purposes only, and without assessing
per-sample fees for the services.
(i) This section shall become operative January 1, 2002.