25 Pa. Code § 252.705 - Use of accreditation
(a)
Environmental laboratories accredited by the Department shall:
(1) Post or display their most recent
certificate of accreditation in a prominent place in the laboratory.
(2) Make accurate statements concerning their
accreditation status.
(3) Not use
their certificate of accreditation, accreditation status or the Department's
logo to imply endorsement by the Department.
(b) Environmental laboratories using the
Department's name, making reference to its accreditation status or using the
Department's logo in catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals,
quotations, laboratory analytical reports or other materials, shall:
(1) Distinguish between testing for which the
laboratory is accredited and testing for which the laboratory is not
accredited.
(2) Include the
environmental laboratory's accreditation number.
(c) Upon expiration, suspension, revocation
or voluntary relinquishment of accreditation, a laboratory shall:
(1) Discontinue use of all catalogs,
advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations, laboratory
analytical results or other materials that contain reference to the
laboratory's past accreditation status.
(2) Discontinue use or display of the
Department's logo.
(3) Return
unexpired certificates of accreditation to the Department within 48
hours.
(d) NELAP
accredited laboratories shall accompany the Department's name or the NELAP logo
with the phrase "NELAP accredited" and the laboratory's accreditation number
when using the Department's name or the NELAP logo on general literature such
as catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations,
laboratory analytical reports or other materials.
(e) NELAP accredited laboratories may not use
their NELAP certificate, NELAP accreditation status or NELAP logo to imply
endorsement by the Department or NELAP.
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