Use of testing facilities
 8. (1) No owner or operator of a small drinking water system or public health inspector acting under this Regulation shall obtain a drinking water testing service from a person who is not licensed or otherwise authorized under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 to offer or provide the service unless the laboratory at which the testing is to be conducted is located outside Ontario and is an eligible laboratory under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 in respect of the particular tests to be conducted.  O. Reg. 319/08, s. 8 (1). (2) The medical officer of health of the health unit in which the small drinking water system is located may issue an instruction to one or more owners or operators prohibiting them from obtaining drinking water testing services from a laboratory located outside Ontario, if the medical officer of health has reason to believe that the laboratory, (a) has ceased to be an eligible laboratory in respect of the particular test to be conducted; or (b) has failed to comply with section 18.1 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002
or a prescribed requirement under that Act.  O. Reg. 319/08, s. 8 (2). (3) Every person who receives an instruction under subsection (2) shall comply with the instruction and advise the medical officer of health in writing of the alternative laboratory from which the person will obtain drinking water testing services.  O. Reg. 319/08, s. 8 (3). (4) The medical officer of health may revoke an instruction issued under subsection (2) if he or she is of the opinion that the reasons for issuing the instruction no longer exist.  O. Reg. 319/08, s. 8 (4). (5) If a test of a water sample for a parameter is required by this Regulation, the operator and owner of the small drinking water system shall ensure that written notice of the identity of the laboratory that will conduct the test is given to the medical officer of health of the health unit where the small drinking water system is located before the sample is tested, unless, (a) the medical officer of health has previously been notified under this subsection that a water sample from the small drinking water system was to be tested for that parameter by that laboratory; (b) before this Regulation applied to the system, the medical officer of health was previously notified in accordance with Ontario Regulation 318/08 (Transitional — Small Drinking Water Systems)
made under the Act that a water sample from the drinking water system was to be tested for that parameter by that laboratory; or (c) before this Regulation applied to the system, the appropriate notification was given in accordance with subsection 7 (5) of Ontario Regulation 459/00 (Drinking Water Protection — Larger Water Works), made under the Ontario Water Resources Act, subsection 10 (3) of Ontario Regulation 505/01 (Drinking Water Protection — Smaller Water Works Serving Designated Facilities), made under the Ontario Water Resources Act, subsection 6-9 (4) of Schedule 6 to Ontario Regulation 170/03 (Drinking Water Systems), or subsection 1-7 (1) of Schedule 1 to Ontario Regulation 252/05 (Non-Residential and Non-Municipal Seasonal Residential Systems that Do Not Serve Designated Facilities) made under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, that a water sample from the drinking water system was to be tested for that parameter by that laboratory.  O. Reg. 319/08, s. 8 (5). (6) Subject to subsection (7), subsection (1) does not apply with respect to tests for the following parameters: 1. Alkalinity. 2. Aluminium. 3. Chloride. 4. Chlorine dioxide. 5. Colour. 6. Copper. 7. Dissolved organic carbon. 8. Fluoride. 9. Free chlorine residual. 10. Free chlorine residual and total chlorine residual measured for the purpose of determining combined chlorine residual. 11. Hardness. 12. Iron. 13. Manganese. 14. Methane. 15. Odour. 16. Organic nitrogen. 17. pH. 18. Sulphate. 19. Sulphide. 20. Taste. 21. Temperature. 22. Total dissolved solids. 23. Turbidity. 24. Zinc.  O. Reg. 319/08, s. 8 (6). (7) Subsection (6) only applies with respect to tests, (a) that are conducted at a small drinking water system which this Regulation applies by a person who has the required level of training relevant to the particular test, as that level of training is specified in a directive issued under section 7; or (b) that are conducted by continuous monitoring equipment where the use of such continuous monitoring equipment is authorized under subsection 19 (2).  O. Reg. 319/08, s. 8 (7). (8) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to tests that meet the following criteria: 1. The tests are conducted by a person who provides a drinking water testing service at a laboratory. 2. The tests are conducted for the sole purpose of carrying out research or developing testing methods and the purpose is outlined in a written research proposal. 3. The tests are not paid for on a fee per test basis.  O. Reg. 319/08, s. 8 (8). Reports