The definitions in this section apply to section 144.98 . "Accreditation" means written acknowledgment that a laboratory has the policies, procedures, equipment, and practices to produce reliable data in the analysis of environmental samples. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health. "Commercial laboratory" means a laboratory that performs tests on samples on a contract or fee-for-service basis. "Environmental sample" means a substance derived from a nonhuman source and collected for the purpose of analysis. "Field of testing" means the combination of analyte, method, matrix, and test category for which a laboratory may hold accreditation. "Laboratory" means the state, a person, corporation, or other entity, including governmental, that examines, analyzes, or tests samples in a specified physical location. "Sample" means a substance derived from a nonhuman source and collected for the purpose of analysis, or a tissue, blood, excretion, or other bodily fluid specimen obtained from a human for the detection of a chemical, etiologic agent, or histologic abnormality. "Test category" means the combination of program and category as provided by section 144.98, subdivisions 3 , paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (10), and 3a, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5).
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