Applicability and scope

This chapter applies to all laboratories required to be certified under North Dakota Century Code section 23.1-01-14. A laboratory that performs tests and analyses, the results of which must be reported to the department to meet permit conditions or other department program or regulatory requirements, must be certified for the parameters and methods required by the permit or department program, unless the permit or department program specifically exempts the parameters or methods from certification requirements. Certification requirements are equal to those required by federal programs for regulated parameters by promulgated methods unless otherwise specified or required by a department program.