N.J. Admin. Code § 7:18-2.11 - Duties of environmental laboratory personnel
(a) In its quality
assurance/quality control manual maintained pursuant to
7:18-4.5, 5.5, 6.6, 7.7 and 8.4, a
certified environmental laboratory shall include duties of the manager, all
supervisors, and the quality control officer.
1. The duties of the manager include, but are
not limited to, the following:
i. The manager
shall administer the operations of the environmental laboratory including the
reporting of tests and analyses. The manager shall be available for personal or
telephone consultation with the environmental laboratory staff and the
Department. If the manager is to be absent, the manager shall arrange for a
substitute. When serving as supervisor or acting supervisor, the manager shall
meet the requirements of
7:18-2.10(b);
ii. The manager shall assure that all
laboratory personnel meet the applicable requirements of
7:18-2.10(b) for
their classification;
iii. The
manager or designee thereof shall sign reports of analytical data. The
laboratory shall inform the Department of the designee's name and authority to
sign reports; and
iv. The manager
or designee assigned in (a)1iii above, shall obtain a Personal Identification
Number from the Department, as specified at
7:18-1.9(c), for
the electronic submittal of data required under the statutes listed at
7:18-1.1(c).
Submission of data using that PIN certifies that the manager or assigned
designee believes that the submitted information is true, accurate, complete
and generated according to the procedures contained in N.J.A.C. 7:18.
2. The duties of supervisors
include, but are not limited to, the following:
i. Each supervisor shall monitor the
performance of technical personnel performing the analysis of a parameter to
determine whether the personnel are complying with applicable requirements of
this chapter. Each supervisor shall report results within the Category or
Categories for which the supervisor is qualified;
ii. Each supervisor shall only perform tests
or analyses within the Category or Categories for which the supervisor is
qualified; and
iii. Each supervisor
shall oversee the performance of all laboratory procedures, tests, analyses,
and quality assurance within the Category or Categories for which the
supervisor is qualified, to assure that it is in compliance with this
chapter.
3. The duties
of the quality assurance officer include, but are not limited to, the
following:
i. The quality assurance (QA)
officer shall ensure that the environmental laboratory follows the quality
control procedures of the DSAMs and of N.J.A.C. 7:18-3 through 8; and
ii. The QA officer shall implement the
procedures of the environmental laboratory's quality assurance/quality control
manual, pursuant to
7:18-4.5, 5.5, 6.6, 7.7 and
8.4.
Notes
See: 28 New Jersey Register 4098(a).
Amended by R.2002 d.316, effective
See: 34 New Jersey Register 1613(a), 34 New Jersey Register 3256(a).
Added (a)1iv.
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