Environmental Analysis Organization Management Regulations Article 17

The testing and analysis organization shall comply with the following regulations to perform the environmental testing and analysis operations.Ⅰ. A laboratory’s testing and analysis personnel shall use the laboratory’s dedicated instruments and equipment.Ⅱ. A standard operating procedures manual shall be prepared in accordance with testing and analysis methods and quality control items officially announced by the central competent authority, and shall be placed in the laboratory for reference; testing and analysis shall be performed in accordance with the manual.Ⅲ. Prepare a laboratory management manual based on the basic quality system standards officially announced by the central competent authority, and conduct lab operations based on this manual.Ⅳ. Quality control data for each year shall be reported prior to January 31.Ⅴ. A three-month test statistics form shall be submitted to the central competent authority on the 15th day of the January, April, July, and October of each year; the reported items shall consist of test category, number of test item, number of test samples, and payment amount.Ⅵ. Testing data shall be transmitted via the Internet in accordance with the items, format, and content required by the central competent authority.Ⅶ. Other items designated by the central competent authority.For those items reported for the sampling personnel of effluent shall also report the exact date and time entering the site, the starting and finished date and time of sampling, pictures for eyewitness personnel of the plant and so on.