New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter D - Laboratories › Part 55 - APPROVAL OF LABORATORIES › Subpart 55-2 - APPROVAL OF LABORATORIES PERFORMING ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS › Section 55-2.12 - Contract laboratory protocol personnel: qualifications

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) To gain or maintain approval for contract
					 laboratory protocol analyses, an environmental laboratory shall employ
					 full-time employees qualified to perform the following functions, as set forth
					 in the protocol:
(1) Laboratory supervisor in
					 the specialties of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), gas
					 chromatography (GC), and/or inorganics shall be a person with at least a
					 bachelor's degree in chemistry or the physical sciences, and three years of
					 relevant laboratory experience, including one year in a supervisory
					 capacity.
(2) GC/MS operator shall
					 be a person with at least a bachelor's degree in chemistry or the physical
					 sciences, and one year of experience in operating and maintaining a GC/MS data
					 system. Three years of experience in operating and maintaining a GC/MS data
					 system may be substituted for the educational requirement.
(3) Mass spectral interpretation specialist
					 shall be a person with at least a bachelor's degree in chemistry or the
					 physical sciences, who has successfully completed a specialized training course
					 in mass spectral interpretation and has at least two years of experience in
					 mass spectral interpretation.
(4)
					 Pesticide residue analysis expert shall be a person with at least a bachelor's
					 degree in chemistry or the physical sciences, and two years of experience in
					 operating and maintaining a gas chromatograph and interpreting gas
					 chromatograms.
(5) Organic sample
					 preparation supervisor shall be a person with at least a bachelor's degree in
					 chemistry or the physical sciences, and at least three years of organic
					 laboratory experience, including at least one year in a supervisory
					 capacity.
(6)
					 Extraction/concentration expert shall be a person with at least a high school
					 diploma, including one course in chemistry and one year of experience in an
					 analytical chemistry laboratory.
(7) Inductively coupled plasma (ICP)
					 spectroscopist shall be a person with at least a bachelor's degree in chemistry
					 or the physical sciences, who has successfully completed specialized training
					 courses in ICP spectroscopy and has two years of applied experience in ICP
					 analysis of environmental samples.
(8) ICP operator shall be a person with at
					 least a bachelor's degree in chemistry or the physical sciences, and one year
					 of experience in the operation and maintenance of ICP instrumentation; or, in
					 lieu of the educational requirement, four years of experience in operating and
					 maintaining ICP instrumentation.
(9) Atomic absorption (AA) operator shall be
					 a person with at least a bachelor's degree in chemistry or the physical
					 sciences, and at least one year of experience in operating and maintaining AA
					 instrumentation for flame, graphite furnace and cold vapor techniques; or, in
					 lieu of the educational requirement, three years of experience in operating and
					 maintaining AA instrumentation as described in this paragraph.
(10) Inorganic sample preparation specialist
					 shall be a person with at least a high school diploma, successful completion of
					 a college level course in general chemistry or its equivalent, and six months
					 of experience in an analytical laboratory.
(11) Classical techniques analyst shall be a
					 person with at least a bachelor's degree in chemistry or the physical sciences,
					 and six months of experience in classical chemistry laboratory procedures; or,
					 in lieu of the education requirement, two and one-half years of experience
					 performing classical chemistry analyses.