(1) The lab accreditation unit reviews and approves the laboratory's QA manual prior to the initial on-site audit. The QA manual submitted concurrently with the application must be in detail and scope commensurate with the size and mission of the laboratory. Guidelines for contents of the QA manual are in the procedural manual.
(2) The QA manual must address QA and QC requirements of applicable regulatory programs. For drinking water laboratories, such requirements are found in the drinking water certification manual.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
43.21A.230,
43.20.050 and 2009 c 564 § 301. WSR 10-17-032 (Order 09-09), § 173-50-067, filed 8/9/10, effective 9/9/10. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.21A.230. WSR 02-20-090 (Order 01-12), § 173-50-067, filed 10/1/02, effective 11/1/02.]