37.12.326    REQUIRED NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN LOCATION

(1) A licensed laboratory which intends to change its physical location shall notify the department 90 days prior to the relocation. The notification shall include the following:

(a) the full physical address of the new location;

(b) a notification of any personnel, equipment, or analytic method changes which will occur as a result of the relocation; and

(c) a signed statement either that the laboratory quality assurance plan will not be affected by the relocation, or, if it will be, that the plan will be revised to address the necessary changes.

(2) If, in view of the information received pursuant to (1), the department is satisfied that the laboratory can produce valid results at the new location, it shall place conditions on the laboratory license as specified in ARM 37.12.314.

(3) The department shall conduct an on-site inspection at the new location within 60 days after the relocation is completed.

(4) Within 30 days after the on-site inspection, the department shall issue a determination either that the laboratory license is:

(a) revoked;

(b) its provisional status is retained; or

(c) the conditions are removed.

(5) If the department's decision is to revoke the license, the procedure followed will be that set out in ARM 37.12.315.

(6) The term of the license remains the same as it was for the original site.

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.