Section 252.303. Grandfathering provisions for laboratory supervisors

(a) A person who does not meet the education credential requirements for a laboratory supervisor but possesses the requisite years of experience required by § 252.302 (relating to qualifications of the laboratory supervisor) shall qualify as laboratory supervisor subject to the following conditions:

(1) The person shall be a laboratory supervisor of the environmental laboratory on January 28, 2006.

(2) The person shall have been a laboratory supervisor of the environmental laboratory for at least 12 months for the fields of accreditation for which the environmental laboratory is applying.

(b) A person will be approved as a laboratory supervisor only for those fields of accreditation for which the person has been laboratory supervisor of the environmental laboratory for at least 12 months.

(c) The Department may approve a person, qualified as a laboratory supervisor under this section, for additional fields of accreditation if the person has the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities to perform and supervise the testing or analyses on environmental samples for the requested fields of accreditation.

(d) Qualification as a laboratory supervisor under this subsection may not be transferred to another laboratory.

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Cross References

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 302.1006 (relating to laboratory supervisor certification).