| Indicator 6.1 Revision of Laws and Regulations 67% |
 | - The SPH Laboratory System regularly and periodically reviews and recommends revisions of federal and State laws and regulations pertaining to laboratory practice |
| Indicator 6.2 Encourage Compliance 83.5% |
| - The SPH Laboratory System has non-regulatory systems in place to encourage or promote compliance by laboratories in the system with all applicable State and federal regulations |
 | - The SPH Laboratory complies with and exceeds all applicable regulations |
| Indicator 6.3 Enforcement of Laws and Regulations 50% |
| - The SPH Laboratory System has the appropriate resources to fulfill its enforcement function for laws and regulations |
 | - The SPH Laboratory and other appropriate government agencies collaborate to fulfill their enforcement function |
Next Steps for Action, Essential Service #6:
- Identify who owns/represents the “system” (high)
- MDH should engage partners similar to workgroup for MSRA (low)
- Regulatory and accrediting bodies should improve technical assistance, consultation, and training (immediate)
- Define IAA (Inter Agency Agreement) between MDH and MPCA to address chronic environmental quality issues in labs (low)
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