• ♦Manual Notice 2005-1
• ►1. Introduction
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Definitions
    • ♦Remarks
• ►2. Acceptance Program
  • ♦1. Overview
  • ♦2. Sampling and Testing Frequency and Location
  • ♦3. Quality Control Sampling and Testing
  • ♦4. Dispute Resolution System
• ►3. Independent Assurance Program
  • ♦1. Overview
  • ♦2. Sampling and Testing Frequency
  • ♦3. Testing Equipment
  • ♦4. Testing Personnel
  • ♦5. Comparing Test Results
  • ♦6. Annual Report of IA Program Results
• ►4. Materials Certification
  • ♦1. Overview
• ►5. Conflict of Interest
  • ♦1. Overview
• ►6. Sampling and Testing Personnel Qualification Program
  • ♦1. Purpose
  • ♦2. Personnel Qualification
  • ♦3. Who Must be Qualified?
  • ♦4. Who Can Qualify Sampling and Testing Personnel?
  • ♦5. Qualification Procedure
  • ♦6. Documentation
  • ♦7. Disqualification
• ▼7. Laboratory Qualification Program
  • ♦1. Purpose
  • ♦2. Laboratories to be Qualified
  • ♦3. Laboratory Qualification Responsibility
  • ♦4. Qualification Process
  • ♦5. Calibration Standards and Frequencies for Laboratory Equipment
  • ♦6. Frequency for Laboratory Qualification
  • ♦7. Non-compliance
  • ♦8. Documentation
  • ♦9. Dispute Resolution
• ►8. Acceptable Tolerance Limits for Independent Assurance
  • ♦1. Acceptable Tolerance Limits
• ►9. Frequency for System Approach Independent Assurance Testing
  • ♦1. Overview
  • ♦2. Required Frequencies and Activities

Section 7: Non-compliance

A laboratory that does not meet the above requirements is subject to disqualification. Any equipment in a qualified laboratory failing to meet specified equipment requirements for a specific test method will not be used for that test method.