Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of › Rule 16.02.13 - STATE OF IDAHO DRINKING WATER LABORATORY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM › Section 16.02.13.010 - DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Analyst
. A person
			 responsible for testing, quality control, and reporting of analytical results.
			 (3-15-22)
02.
Board
.
			 The Idaho Board of Health and Welfare. (3-15-22)
03.
Certification Authority for the
			 State of Idaho (CA)
. The CA has signature authority for all
			 certification decisions as required for primacy in
			 40 CFR
			 142.10 (b)(3)(i). The Bureau
			 Chief of the Idaho Bureau of Laboratories is the certification authority for
			 the State of Idaho. (3-15-22)
04.
Certification Officer (CO)
. The CO is the person responsible for
			 on-site evaluations and providing technical support and guidance to a certified
			 drinking water laboratory (CDWL). (3-15-22)
05.
Certified Drinking Water Laboratory
			 (CDWL)
. A facility that examines drinking water for the purpose of
			 identifying or measuring microbiological, chemical, radiological, or physical
			 parameters, and is certified by the State of Idaho. (3-15-22)
06.
Department
. The Idaho
			 Department of Health and Welfare. (3-15-22)
07.
Department of Environmental Quality
			 (DEQ)
. The state agency that has primacy and is primarily responsible
			 for administrating and enforcing regulations related to environmental quality.
			 (3-15-22)
08.
Director
. The Director of the Idaho Department of Health and
			 Welfare, or their designee. (3-15-22)
09.
Discipline
. Areas of
			 certification for the testing of drinking water, i.e., microbiology,
			 radiochemistry, inorganic chemistry, and organic chemistry. (3-15-22)
10.
Drinking Water Coordinator
			 (DWC)
. The drinking water coordinator is an Environmental Health
			 Specialist at a public health district assigned to monitor public water
			 systems. (3-15-22)
11.
Idaho
			 Bureau of Laboratories (IBL)
. The IBL is a bureau in the Division of
			 Public Health in the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
			 (3-15-22)
12.
LIMS
.
			 Laboratory Information Management System. (3-15-22)
13.
Laboratory Supervisor
. A
			 person who directs the day-to-day activities of a CDWL. (3-15-22)
14.
Maximum Contaminant Level
			 (MCL)
. The maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water that is
			 delivered to any user of a public water system. (3-15-22)
15.
On-Site Evaluation
. The
			 physical, quality control, and data audit of a laboratory, including all
			 aspects of operation related to the testing of drinking water samples.
			 (3-15-22)
16.
Primacy
.
			 The responsibility for ensuring that Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) laws are
			 implemented and the authority to enforce a law and related regulations
			 (40 CFR
			 142.2) applicable to public water systems
			 within the state. (3-15-22)
17.
Proficiency Test (or Testing) (PT)
. Sample(s) provided to
			 demonstrate that a laboratory can successfully analyze the sample(s) within the
			 acceptance limits specified in the regulations. The qualitative or quantitative
			 composition of the reference material is unknown to the laboratory at the time
			 of the analysis. (3-15-22)
18.
Public Water System (PWS)
. A system for the provision to the
			 public of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed
			 conveyances, if such system has at least fifteen (15) service connections,
			 regardless of the number of water sources or configuration of the distribution
			 system, or regularly serves an average of at least twenty-five (25) individuals
			 daily at least sixty (60) days out of the year. (3-15-22)
19.
Quality Assurance (QA)
. An
			 integrated system of management activities that involves planning, quality
			 control, quality assessment, reporting, and quality improvement to ensure a
			 product or service meets defined standards of quality with a stated level of
			 confidence. (3-15-22)
20.
Quality Control (QC)
. The overall system of technical activities
			 whose purpose is to measure and control the quality of a product or service so
			 that it meets the needs of the users. QC also includes operational techniques
			 and activities that are used to fulfill the requirement of quality.
			 (3-15-22)
21.
Quality
			 Assurance Plan (QA Plan)
. A comprehensive plan detailing the aspects of
			 quality assurance required to adequately fulfill the needs of a program. This
			 document is required before a laboratory can be certified or reciprocity is
			 granted. (3-15-22)
22.
Reciprocity
. An extension of certification by the CA to an
			 accredited or certified out-of-state laboratory based upon satisfactory review
			 of documentation that demonstrates compliance with these rules.
			 (3-15-22)
23.
Regulatory
			 Agency
. The Idaho Department of Environment Quality (DEQ).
			 (3-15-22)
24.
Regulatory
			 Authority (RA)
. The assigned drinking water Analyst III at a regional
			 DEQ office. (3-15-22)
25.
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
. A written document that
			 describes the method of an operation, analysis, or action whose techniques and
			 procedures are thoroughly prescribed and that is officially approved as the
			 method for performing a routine or repetitive test. (3-15-22)
26.
Standard Methods (SM)
. SM
			 refers to a standard method of water testing published in the Standard Methods
			 for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, as incorporated by reference under
			 Section 004 of these
			 rules. (3-15-22)
27.
Subcontracting
. The procedure whereby a laboratory certified by
			 the State of Idaho may send samples to another laboratory that is certified or
			 has been granted reciprocity by the State of Idaho for analysis.
			 (3-15-22)