(a) Upon the filing of an application for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation and after a finding by the state board that there is full compliance with this article and regulations adopted under this article, the state board shall issue to the owner certification or accreditation in the fields of testing for which the laboratory is seeking certification and with respect to which the state board has determined there is full compliance.

(b) The state board shall deny or revoke a certificate if it finds any of the following:

(1) The laboratory fails to report acceptable results in the analysis of proficiency testing samples.

(2) The laboratory fails to analyze proficiency testing samples.

(3) The laboratory submits, as its own, proficiency testing sample results generated by another laboratory.

(4) The laboratory fails to pass an onsite assessment.

(5) The laboratory is not in compliance with any other provision of this article or regulations adopted under this article.

(c) Upon the filing of a complete application for certification or accreditation pursuant to subdivision (a) and Section 100870, the state board may issue to a laboratory interim certification or accreditation pending the completion of onsite assessment. Interim certification and accreditation shall be nonrenewable and shall remain in effect until certification and accreditation is either granted under subdivision (a) or denied under subdivision (b), but not later than one year after the date of issuance.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 327, Sec. 6. (AB 1438) Effective January 1, 2018.)