{"data":{"id":"us-va/1vac30-46-130","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"1VAC30-46-130","heading":"Use of accreditation status by environmental laboratories accredited under this chapter","body":"A. The owner of an environmental laboratory accredited under this chapter shall not misrepresent the laboratory's fields of accreditation or its accreditation status on any document. This includes laboratory reports, catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations or other materials.\n\nB. Environmental laboratories accredited under this chapter shall comply with all of the following:\n\n1. Post or display their most recent accreditation certificate or their fields of accreditation in a prominent place in the laboratory facility.\n\n2. Make accurate statements concerning their fields of accreditation and accreditation status.\n\n3. Accompany  DCLS's name or the  TNI logo or both with at least the phrase  \"TNI-accredited\" and the laboratory's identification number or other identifier when  DCLS's name is used on general literature such as catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations, laboratory analytical reports or other materials.\n\n4. Not use their accreditation certificate, their accreditation status or the  TNI logo to imply endorsement by  DCLS.\n\nC. The owners of laboratories accredited under this chapter who choose to (i) use  DCLS's name; (ii) make reference to its  TNI accreditation status; or (iii) use the  TNI logo in any catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations, laboratory analytical reports or other materials, shall comply with both of the following:\n\n1. Distinguish between proposed testing for which the laboratory is accredited and the proposed testing for which the laboratory is not accredited.\n\n2. Include the laboratory's identification number or other identifier.","path":["Title 1. Administration","Agency 30. Department of General Services","Chapter 46. Accreditation for Commercial Environmental Laboratories","Part I. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title1/agency30/chapter46/section130/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:41Z","sha256":"a44d9792c4aa9eb3bad2b1711aa61e0b3d55a121b9a839ef224d333eaa4452fc","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/1vac30-46-120","next":"us-va/1vac30-46-140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}