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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 14.17.08.02" title_num="14" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="08" heading="Independent Testing Laboratory Registration.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An independent testing laboratory shall register with the Administration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>To register, an independent laboratory shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submit a completed independent laboratory registration form;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pay the registration fee specified in COMAR 14.17.21;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submit a copy of the certificate of accreditation accompanied by the scope of accreditation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Submit the name, address, date of birth, and Social Security Number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number of each independent testing laboratory employee and a copy of the application form completed by each independent testing laboratory employee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Administration may issue a provisional registration to an independent testing laboratory that has not yet been issued a certificate of accreditation in Maryland if the independent testing laboratory submits:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A copy of the contract with the accreditation body with which it is applying to become accredited and a copy of the proposed scope of the accreditation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Evidence the independent testing laboratory has been accredited by the accreditation body in another jurisdiction; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>All other required components listed in §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Once it has obtained a certificate of accreditation, a provisionally registered independent testing laboratory shall apply to be registered, subject to the following terms:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The term of the registration may not exceed the term of the provisional registration; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>No additional registration fee need be paid for that term.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>