Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-1 - CERTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING LABORATORIES › Section 64E-1.005 - Records, Reports, and Contractual Agreements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Laboratories shall maintain analytical
				performance according to Volume 1 of the TNI Standards, referenced in rule
				 64E-1.0015, F.A.C., for those
				Fields of Accreditation (i.e., Matrix category group-test method-analyte
				combinations), for which they have been certified or are seeking certification,
				through demonstrations of capability performed annually or within the past
				year, respectively. Each certified laboratory shall maintain the documentation
				required in Volume 1, Module 2 of the TNI Standards and comply with the
				laboratory report format and content requirements in Section 5.10 of Volume 1,
				Module 2 of the TNI Standards.
(2)
				For compliance with the Florida Safe Drinking Water Act, the laboratory will
				report the information described in paragraph
				 62-550.730(2)(a),
				F.A.C., December 30, 2011, incorporated herein by reference and available at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-09890
,
				in the appropriate format approved by the Department of Environmental
				Protection.
(a) The laboratory may report
				presumptive positive microbiological results immediately without waiting for
				total coliform confirmation. The laboratory shall report confirmed positive
				total coliform results to the supplier of water no later than the end of the
				next business day after confirmed positive total coliform results are
				determined. The laboratory shall report positive fecal coliform or E. coli
				results to the supplier of water by the end of the day when the results are
				determined, unless the results are determined after the water supplier's office
				is closed, in which case the laboratory shall report the results to the water
				supplier before the end of the next business day. If a laboratory invalidates a
				sample due to heterotrophic interference as described in paragraph
				 62-550.518(9)(b),
				F.A.C., July 7, 2015, incorporated herein by reference and available at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-09891
,
				the replacement sample must be analyzed by a Department of Health
				(DOH)-certified laboratory using a method less susceptible to heterotrophic
				interference (e.g., MMO-MUG).
(b)
				Whenever a sample result, or the average of the results from an initial sample
				and a confirmation sample, exceeds the maximum contaminant level for nitrate,
				nitrite, or total nitrate-nitrite, the laboratory shall report the result to
				the supplier of water by the end of the day when the result was determined,
				unless the result was determined after the water supplier's office is closed,
				in which case the laboratory shall report the result to the water supplier
				before the end of the next business day.
(c) Whenever a sample result exceeds the
				maximum contaminant level for any other contaminant listed in rule
				 62-550.310, F.A.C., July 7,
				2015, or in rule  62-550.320, F.A.C., November 27,
				2001, which are incorporated herein by reference and available at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-09892
and
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-09893
,
				the laboratory shall report the result to the supplier of water no later than
				the end of the next business day after the result was determined.
(d) For the purposes of this chapter, a
				result is considered determined when the laboratory director or his/her
				designee signs or authenticates the report with the results. The results shall
				be reported in such a manner that the supplier of water receives the results
				within the indicated timeframes in paragraphs (2)(a) through (c) of this
				rule.