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Ohio Wyoming
The Ohio Board of Building Standards has listed A2LA Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Water
as an approved accreditation body in Appendix P of Quality Division (WDEQ/WQD) Leaking Aboveground
Ohio Building Code 222. Laboratories accredited by and Underground Storage Tank (LAUST) Program Policy
OBC-approved accreditation bodies are to be used Number 35 requires that laboratories performing work
by certified building departments whenever the OBC for the program must be A2LA accredited under the
requires the testing, inspection, labeling or grade-marking “Wyoming LAUST Remediation Program”. The scope of
of materials or assemblies. In addition, an update to the program covers specific EPA methods for laboratories
OBC Section 114 now recognizes testing and calibration that are registered with the State of Wyoming and
laboratories, product certification bodies and inspection authorized to do business in Wyoming. To be certified
bodies that have been accredited by an ILAC MRA or IAF by the LAUST Remediation Program to perform analytical
MLA signatory (such as A2LA) testing related to the program, laboratories must provide
evidence of their current accreditation from A2LA to the
Texas WDEQ/WQD.
The Texas Department of Health now recognizes accredi-
tations granted by A2LA to laboratories performing Automotive Industry
preparation and analysis of mold associated with mold- A2LA’s Calibration Accreditation Program has been
related activities that affect indoor air quality. recognized within TS 16949 (Section 7.6.3) as one option
that commercial and independent calibration facilities
Texas serving the automotive industry can select in order to
A2LA has been identified by the Texas Department satisfy the portion of Clause 4.11.2.b.1 which requires
of Public Safety and Corrections as a “Recognized accreditation of calibration facilities serving the automo-
Accreditation Body” for the accreditation of laboratories tive industry.
performing forensic analysis of physical evidence for
use in a criminal proceeding in accordance with Texas South Africa Ministry of Trade and Industry
Administrative Code Title 37, Part 1, Chapter 28, Subchap- The South African Ministry of Trade and Industry, under
ter 1 - Accreditation. Section 13(1)(a) of the National Regulator for Compulsory
Specifications Act, introduced the Compulsory Specifica-
Texas tion for Motor Vehicles of Category L (such as custom-
Per Texas Administrative Code Title 25, Part 1, Chapter made motorcycles). Evidence of compliance (that
1, Subchapter K, Rule 1.135, the Texas Department of requires testing) with the requirements in this specification
Health requires that any laboratory evidence submitted is only recognized from a laboratory that is accredited to
for review in relation to the treatment and disposition ISO/IEC 17025 by an ILAC signatory (such as A2LA).
of special waste from health care-related facilities be
provided by a laboratory that is A2LA-accredited. United States Golf Association
A2LA’s Putting Green Materials Testing Program for soils
City of Houston and turf is formally recognized by the United States Golf
In Standard General Requirement Section 01454, the City Association (USGA).
of Houston specifies that laboratories testing to the latest
issues of ASTM standards, TxDOT methods or other recog- Safety Equipment Institute (SEI)
nized test standards must be accredited by A2LA. SEI administers third-party certification programs to test
and certify a broad range of safety and protective
Harris County, Texas products. Safety and protective products certified by SEI
The Harris County Public Infrastructure Department, must periodically undergo compliance testing to speci-
Engineering Division has published its “Regulations of fied standards at independent testing laboratories that
Harris County, Texas for the Approval and Acceptance have been evaluated and awarded contracts by the
of Infrastructure”, which specifies in Section 2 that labo- SEI Board of Directors. In an effort to minimize redundant
ratories accredited by A2LA in the field of construction assessments, SEI has agreed to rely on the laboratories’
materials testing are acceptable for the purposes of A2LA assessments in place of SEI evaluations. The agree-
meeting the published regulations. ment between A2LA and SEI was signed on May 7, 2002.
SEI is accredited to ISO/IEC Guide 65: 1996 by the Ameri-
Port of Houston Authority (POH) (Houston, TX) can National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Standards
The POH “Contract for Construction Materials Engineer- Council of Canada (SCC).
ing Testing and Inspection Services” requires testing
and inspection laboratories that perform geotechnical Bluetooth
services under this contract to be accredited by A2LA. A2LA has signed an MOU with the Bluetooth Special
Interest Group (SIG). Bluetooth has established a
Washington Qualification Program to test and qualify products using
The State of Washington Department of Ecology refer- Bluetooth wireless technology to be certified as Bluetooth
ences A2LA in its Procedural Manual as an acceptable compliant pursuant to the specifications for such Products
third party accreditation program for non-potable water as determined by Bluetooth. As part of the Qualification
testing laboratories. Program and according to the Bluetooth Qualification
