OAR 333-064-0050: Accreditation of Out-of-State and Mobile Category 2 Laboratories

(1) ORELAP shall accredit out-of-state laboratories that are eligible for reciprocal accreditation provided: (a) The laboratory is accredited by a state recognized as a NELAP accrediting body for those fields of testing (analytes, methods, matrices) in which the laboratory is requesting accreditation pursuant to this rule. (b) The laboratory submits to ORELAP an acceptable application as described in OAR 333-064-0035(4). (c) The laboratory pays all appropriate fees as described in OAR 333-064-0060. (d) The laboratory is not requesting accreditation for cannabis or psilocybin testing. (2) ORELAP may accredit out-of-state laboratories that are located in states that do not have a NELAP approved accrediting body for the fields of testing and matrices in which the laboratory desires accreditation provided that the laboratory complies with all the requirements in OAR 333-064-0035. (3) ORELAP may accredit mobile category 2 laboratories that do not operate as an entity of an Oregon fixed base facility as out-of-state laboratories. Such laboratories must meet all of the requirements for out-of-state laboratories pursuant to these rules.