Requirements for Laboratory Certification/Certification Manual
Requirements for laboratory certification
This page contains requirements for initial and continuing laboratory certification. Laboratories can access important information related to ELAP approval through the Certification Manual Items on this page, including:
- General information and Health Commerce System (HCS) Access.
- Fields of Accreditation.
- Proficiency Testing Requirements for initial and continued ELAP approval (Item No. 300).
- Asbestos Proficiency Testing participation through the NYS DOH PT program (Item No. 310 – 330). For information on the NYS DOH asbestos PT program, please contact dehspt@health.ny.gov[1].
- NYS Statutes and Regulations.
Certification Manual
General Information Items 100 - 176
- Item No. 110 - Legal Requirements[2]
- Item No. 130 - Application Process and General Requirements[3]
- Item No. 131 - Health Commerce System (HCS) Access[4]
- Item No. 132 - Restrictions on the Use of Certification[5]
- Item No. 135 - Accreditation of Mobile Laboratories: Definitions and Criteria of Approval[6]
- Item No. 140 - Personnel Requirements[7]
- Item No. 150 - Denial, Suspension and Revocation of Approval[8]
- Item No. 175 - Instructions for Reporting Total Adjusted Volumes[9]
- Item No. 176 - Record Retention[10]
Fields of Accreditation Items 180 - 180.8
- Item No. 180 - Fields of Accreditation[11]
- Item No. 180.1 - Drinking/Potable Water[12]
- Item No. 180.2 - Non-Potable Water[13]
- Item No. 180.3 - Solid and Chemical Materials/Hazardous Waste/Soils[14]
- Item No. 180.4 - Air and Emissions[15]
- Item No. 180.6 - Technology Codes[16]
- Item No. 180.8 - TNI Methods and Technology IDs[17]
Methods and Analyses Items 198 - 199
- Item No. 198.1 - Friable Analysis-Polarized Light Microscope Method[18]
- Item No. 198.2 - Environmental Analysis / Revision to Waterborne Asbestos Analysis[19]
- Item No. 198.4 - Non-Friable Analysis-Transmission Electron Microscope Method[20]
- Item No. 198.6 - Non-Friable Analysis-Polarized Light Microscope Method[21]
- Item No. 198.8 - Surfacing Material Containing Vermiculite-Polarized Light Microscope Method[22]
- Item No. 199 - Alternative Testing Procedures[23]
Quality Assurance Plans and Records Items 200 - 236
- Item No. 200 - Assessment (Audit)[24]
- Item No. 210 - Quality System[25]
- Item No. 231 - Equipment[26]
- Item No. 231.1 - Equipment, Environmental Analysis / Air and Emissions[27]
- Item No. 232.1 - Materials, Environmental Analyses / Air and Emissions[28]
- Item No. 233 - Procedures, Polarized Light Microscopy[29]
- Item No. 236 - Procedures, Transmission Electron Microscopy[30]
Sample Collection and Field Analyses Items 241 - 249
- Item No. 241 - Requirements for Drinking Water[31]
- Item No. 242 - Requirements for Non-Potable Water[32]
- Item No. 243 - Requirements for Solid & Chemical Materials[33]
- Item No. 244 - Air and Emissions[34]
- Item No. 245 - Requirements for Microbiological Tests of Water Samples[35]
- Item No. 249 - Field Analyses / Analyze Immediate Parameters[36]
Quality Control Requirement Items 271.1 - 280
- Item No. 272 - Finished Bottled Water[37]
- Item No. 273.2 - Air and Emissions / Radon in Air[38]
- Item No. 274 - Dialysis Water Testing[39]
- Item No. 280 - Required Detection Limits[40]
Proficiency Testing Items 300 - 330
- Item No. 300 - General PT Requirements[41]
- Item No. 310 [42] - NYS DOH PT Schedule
- Item No. 316 - NYS DOH PT Scope by Fields of Accreditation:
- Item No. 320 - Examples of Instructions[46]
- Item No. 327 - Reporting Proficiency Testing Results[47]
- Item No. 328 - Reports[48]
- Item No. 330 - Scoring[49]
Statutes and Regulations
New York Public Health Law Article 5, Title 1 Subsection 502 Environmental Laboratories
- Follow the link[50], click "PBH", click "Title 1" under "Article 5" and finally click "502"
Subpart 55-2 - Approval of Laboratories Performing Environmental Analysis[51]
Subpart 55-3 - Environmental Laboratory Approval Fee[52] (formerly, Item 170)