(1) The laboratory must pay a nonrefundable initial or transfer application fee in the amount of $3,200 to the department before the application will be reviewed and an audit will be conducted.

(2) Audit fees must be paid at least 30 days prior to the initial accreditation audit or any continued accreditation audits.

(a) A fee of $7,200 must be paid for on-site audits.

(b) A fee of $2,100 must be paid for off-site surveillance audits.

(3)(a) If a laboratory requests to revise their scope of accreditation to add or reinstate a parameter, or parameters, outside of their initial application or renewal process, the laboratory must include a processing fee of $1,000 with the request.

(b) Multiple parameters may be included in one revision request.

(4) If a laboratory withdraws from the accreditation process after the audit has been completed, the department may retain any fees collected prior to the withdrawal request.

(5) Processing and application fees are nonrefundable.