144.97 DEFINITIONS.
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144.97 DEFINITIONS.
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Subdivision 1. Scope.
The definitions in this section apply to section 144.98 .
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Subd. 2. Accreditation.
"Accreditation" means written acknowledgment that a laboratory has the policies, procedures, equipment, and practices to produce reliable data in the analysis of environmental samples.
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Subd. 3. Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of health.
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Subd. 4. Commercial laboratory.
"Commercial laboratory" means a laboratory that performs tests on samples on a contract or fee-for-service basis.
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Subd. 5. Environmental sample.
"Environmental sample" means a substance derived from a nonhuman source and collected for the purpose of analysis.
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Subd. 5a. Field of testing.
"Field of testing" means the combination of analyte, method, matrix, and test category for which a laboratory may hold accreditation.
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Subd. 6. Laboratory.
"Laboratory" means the state, a person, corporation, or other entity, including governmental, that examines, analyzes, or tests samples in a specified physical location.
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Subd. 7. Sample.
"Sample" means a substance derived from a nonhuman source and collected for the purpose of analysis, or a tissue, blood, excretion, or other bodily fluid specimen obtained from a human for the detection of a chemical, etiologic agent, or histologic abnormality.
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Subd. 8. Test category.
"Test category" means the combination of program and category as provided by section 144.98, subdivisions 3 , paragraph (b), clauses
(1)to (10), and 3a, paragraph (a), clauses
(1)to (5).