37.12.324    REQUIRED NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES

(1) Whenever a laboratory makes any change in personnel or equipment that has a material effect on the analysis of analytes, the laboratory must notify the department of that fact within 30 days after making the change, but prior to reporting results of tests used in regulatory compliance. A change in personnel is defined as the loss or replacement of the laboratory supervisor or a situation in which a trained and experienced analyst is no longer available to analyze a particular parameter for which licensure has been granted.

(2) After receiving the notification, the department may place conditions upon the laboratory's license pursuant to ARM 37.12.314.

History: 50-1-202, MCA; IMP, 50-1-202, 75-6-106, MCA; NEW, 1999 MAR p. 291, Eff. 2/12/99; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2442, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2011 MAR p. 2286, Eff. 10/28/11.