Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-15-37

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section 28-15-37 - Accreditation fees

(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this regulation, each of the following terms shall have the meaning specified in this subsection:

(1) "Application cycle" means the period of time from submission of an application for certification to issuance of the laboratory's certificate.

(2) "Direct management" means the supervisor or supervisors located on-site that is an analyst's first communication resource and is one level above the analyst or analysts in a laboratory's organizational structure.

(3) "Quality system" means the implementation of policies, procedures, objectives, responsibilities, and performance measures that laboratory management puts in place to ensure the data produced from the laboratory is of a known and documented quality.

(4) "State-specific method" means any environmental testing method developed by the state of Kansas that is required to be used for compliance testing.

(b) Fees for primary certification. The fees for accreditation of a laboratory for primary certification from the department shall be as follows:

(1) $1,050.00 for aquatic toxicity fields of accreditation;

(2) $275.00 for microbiology fields of accreditation for each matrix requested;

(3) $525.00 for metal fields of accreditation for each matrix requested;

(4) $1,050.00 for organic chemistry fields of accreditation for each matrix requested;

(5) $500.00 for inorganic chemistry fields of accreditation for each matrix requested;

(6) $1,050.00 for radiochemistry fields of accreditation for each matrix requested;

(7) $3,000.00 plus travel expenses incurred for each on-site assessment conducted for a laboratory located outside the state of Kansas;

(8) $75.00 for adding fields of accreditation to a scope of accreditation outside of the application cycle if the laboratory is already certified for the technology being requested;

(9) $300.00 for adding fields of accreditation to a scope of accreditation outside of the application cycle if the laboratory is not already certified for the technology being requested; and

(10) $200.00 for each additional laboratory operating in different physical locations and certified under the same certificate that meets the following criteria:

(A) All facilities share the same direct management;

(B) all locations are within 25 miles of each other;

(C) the same laboratory staff are utilized at all locations; and

(D) all locations and staff utilize the same quality system.

(c) Fees for secondary certification. The fees for accreditation of a laboratory for secondary certification shall be $1,300.00 for each matrix for which certification is requested. Additional fees for secondary certification shall be as follows:

(1) $50.00 for each matrix to add a field of accreditation or fields of accreditation to a scope of accreditation outside of the application cycle if the laboratory is certified for the technology that is requested.

(2) $100.00 for each matrix to add a field of accreditation or fields of accreditation to a scope of accreditation outside of the application cycle if the laboratory is not certified for the technology that is requested.

(3) $400.00 for each state-specific method requested for certification.

(d) Supplemental parameter fees. For each supplemental parameter, the accreditation fee shall be $200.00 for each method and matrix combination for which certification is requested.

(e) Field laboratory accreditation fees. The accreditation fees for each field laboratory shall be $70.00 for one field of accreditation and $120.00 for two or more fields of accreditation.

(f) Fee payments and refunds. All fees shall be remitted in full before the issuance of the certificate. Fees shall not be refunded for overpayment. Each payment of fees shall be payable to the environmental laboratory improvement program office by check, credit card, money order, or state interfund and submitted to the department.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-15-37

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-1,109a; effective, E-79-14, June 23, 1978; effective May 1, 1979; amended May 1, 1986; amended Jan. 24, 1994; amended May 25, 2001; amended June 1, 2007; amended by Kansas Register Volume 43, No. 41; effective 10/25/2024.