Arkansas Code
Subchapter 2 - Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program Act
§ 8-2-208. Accreditation — Revocation

(a) After a laboratory is accredited, the laboratory's accreditation may be revoked or suspended by the Division of Environmental Quality for:
(1) Knowingly falsifying any data submitted to the division or any data related to laboratory analysis;
(2) Knowingly making any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document issued by or sent to the division or related to laboratory analysis;
(3) Knowingly misrepresenting procedures or documentation used in sampling or laboratory analysis;
(4) Failing to comply with any one (1) or more of the following requirements under which the accreditation was issued:
(A) Methods or procedures pertaining to analytical techniques, quality assurance, recordkeeping, or reporting methods; or
(B) Facility, equipment, or personnel requirements; or

(5) Failing to achieve acceptable results for specific analytes, methods, or matrices for which it has been accredited.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person:
(1) To knowingly falsify any data submitted to the division or any data related to laboratory analysis;
(2) To knowingly make any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document issued by or sent to the division or related to laboratory analysis;
(3) To knowingly misrepresent sampling procedures or methods used in laboratory analysis;
(4) To knowingly render inaccurate any accreditation issued under this subchapter; or
(5) To knowingly represent that a person is accredited when that person is not accredited.