§ 252.705. Use of accreditation.
(a) Environmental laboratories accredited by the Department shall:
(1) Post or display their most recent certificate of accreditation in a prominent place in the laboratory.
(2) Make accurate statements concerning their accreditation status.
(3) Not use their certificate of accreditation, accreditation status or the Department’s logo to imply endorsement by the Department.
(b) Environmental laboratories using the Department’s name, making reference to its accreditation status or using the Department’s logo in catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations, laboratory analytical reports or other materials, shall:
(1) Distinguish between testing for which the laboratory is accredited and testing for which the laboratory is not accredited.
(2) Include the environmental laboratory’s accreditation number.
(c) Upon expiration, suspension, revocation or voluntary relinquishment of accreditation, a laboratory shall:
(1) Discontinue use of all catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations, laboratory analytical results or other materials that contain reference to the laboratory’s past accreditation status.
(2) Discontinue use or display of the Department’s logo.
(3) Return unexpired certificates of accreditation to the Department within 48 hours.
(d) NELAP accredited laboratories shall accompany the Department’s name or the NELAP logo with the phrase ‘‘NELAP accredited’’ and the laboratory’s accreditation number when using the Department’s name or the NELAP logo on general literature such as catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations, laboratory analytical reports or other materials.
(e) NELAP accredited laboratories may not use their NELAP certificate, NELAP accreditation status or NELAP logo to imply endorsement by the Department or NELAP.
Authority The provisions of this § 252.705 amended under 27 Pa.C.S. § 4105(a); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 510-20).
Source The provisions of this § 252.705 amended July 28, 2017, effective July 29, 2017, 47 Pa.B. 4085. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (348846) and (348847).
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