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Environmental Laboratory Approval Program

ELAP

Application Forms and Related Information

Dear Laboratory Director:

Listed below you will find the Environmental Laboratory Approval Program's (ELAP) corresponding application forms and related accreditation information. On a separate webpage, you will find ELAP's Certification Manual.

You should return your completed application (Form 107 - Application Form), along with a $500.00 check (annual base fee) payable to the NYS Department of Health. Please be aware that an inspection by an ELAP Environmental Consultant may also be required prior to your certification.

If you are applying for Secondary NELAP accreditation in New York, you need to complete and return Form 107 - Application Form - and include a $500.00 check, payable to the NYS Department of Health. You should also send a copy of the certificates issued by your Primary Accrediting Authority.

In order to become ELAP certified, your laboratory must first demonstrate capability on all the requested fields of proficiency testing (FoPT) analytes. You must achieve passing scores in at least two (2) of three (3) consecutive proficiency tests performed at least fifteen (15) days apart. At least one of the scores must be less than six (6) months old. Therefore, you may take any combination of the following actions:

  1. Submit your laboratory's proficiency test scores from analyses performed within the previous eighteen (18) months on samples from any of the NELAC/A2LA Accredited providers.
  2. Purchase samples of each requested FoPT compound from one of the NELAC/A2LA Accredited providers and have the provider submit your scores to the ELAP Office.
  3. Wait until the analytes are tested in the next regularly scheduled ELAP PT rounds. (Certification Manual Item 310 contains the current ELAP PT Schedule.) Scores and certification data are released twenty-one (21) days after the study's close date.

At the time of certification, your ELAP Laboratory Identification (Lab ID) number will be assigned, certificate(s) will be issued, and you will be billed for the remainder of your laboratory's annual ELAP fee.

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact the ELAP Office at (518) 485-5570 or by E-mail ELAP@health.state.ny.us.

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