Arkansas § 8-2-208 Accreditation - Revocation

Arkansas Statutes

§ 8-2-208 — Accreditation - Revocation

Arkansas § 8-2-208

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Bluebook

Ark. Code Ann. § 8-2-208 (2026).

Text

(a)After a laboratory is accredited, the laboratory's accreditation may be revoked or suspended by the Division of Environmental Quality for:

(1)Knowingly falsifying any data submitted to the division or any data related to laboratory analysis;

(2)Knowingly making any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document issued by or sent to the division or related to laboratory analysis;

(3)Knowingly misrepresenting procedures or documentation used in sampling or laboratory analysis;

(4)Failing to comply with any one (1) or more of the following requirements under which the accreditation was issued:

(A)Methods or procedures pertaining to analytical techniques, quality assurance, recordkeeping, or reporting methods; or (B) Facil

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(a) After a laboratory is accredited, the laboratory's accreditation may be revoked or suspended by the Division of Environmental Quality for: (1) Knowingly falsifying any data submitted to the division or any data related to laboratory analysis; (2) Knowingly making any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document issued by or sent to the division or related to laboratory analysis; (3) Knowingly misrepresenting procedures or documentation used in sampling or laboratory analysis; (4) Failing to comply with any one (1) or more of the following requirements under which the accreditation was issued: (A) Methods or procedures pertaining to analytical techniques, quality assurance, recordkeeping, or reporting methods; or (B) Facility, equipment, or personnel requirements; or (5) Failing to achieve acceptable results for specific analytes, methods, or matrices for which it has been accredited. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) To knowingly falsify any data submitted to the division or any data related to laboratory analysis; (2) To knowingly make any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document issued by or sent to the division or related to laboratory analysis; (3) To knowingly misrepresent sampling procedures or methods used in laboratory analysis; (4) To knowingly render inaccurate any accreditation issued under this subchapter; or (5) To knowingly represent that a person is accredited when that person is not accredited.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2448, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2447, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 244,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1985, No. 876, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1993.5; Acts 1993, No. 322, § 6; 1993, No. 440, § 6.