Arizona Laws 36-495.07. Inspection; investigations
A. The department may make an initial inspection, and thereafter an annual inspection, of each laboratory to determine compliance with this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-495.07
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Compliance testing: means laboratory analysis of any matter, pollutant, contaminant, hazardous substance or other substance subject to regulation pursuant to:
(a) Title 49 or rules adopted or enforced by the department of environmental quality for the purpose of determining compliance with title 49. See Arizona Laws 36-495
- Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-495
- Director: means the director of the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-495
- laboratory: means a facility where compliance testing is performed. See Arizona Laws 36-495
- License: means a regular license, renewal license or provisional license issued by the department pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-495
- Person: means an individual, employee, officer, managing body, trust, firm, joint stock company, consortium, corporation, partnership, association, state or political subdivision of a state or the United States government. See Arizona Laws 36-495
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. An application for licensure pursuant to this chapter constitutes permission for the department’s entry or inspection of the laboratory during the pendency of the application and, if licensed, during the term of the license for the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
C. The department may require, as part of its inspections, that the laboratory demonstrate proficiency in performing tests that it offers by examining specimens submitted by the department, the United States environmental protection agency or other proficiency testing services approved by the department.
D. In addition to the inspections provided for in subsection A of this section, the department, on its own initiative or on the receipt of a written complaint from a person setting forth facts which, if proven, constitute a violation of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, may make an investigation of the laboratory’s operations, techniques and procedures. If the investigation or an inspection conducted pursuant to this section discloses past or current noncompliance with statutes and rules, the director, in accordance with Section 36-495.09, may deny, suspend or revoke a license issued by the department pursuant to this chapter.
E. At any time the department may conduct an investigation of the operation of an unlicensed laboratory performing compliance testing and may conduct on-site inspections of the laboratory, records, procedures and methods to determine whether the laboratory must be licensed pursuant to this chapter.
F. The director by rule shall establish standards and procedures for third party accreditation and exempting inspections and inspection fees for a laboratory that is accredited by a third party.