---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300j–26"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300j–26"
heading: "Certification of testing laboratories"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300j-26"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XII — Safety of Public Water Systems"
  - "Part F — Additional Requirements To Regulate Safety of Drinking Water"
---

# §300j–26. Certification of testing laboratories


The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of the Environmental Protection [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) shall assure that [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) for the certification of testing laboratories which test drinking water supplies for lead contamination certify only those laboratories which provide reliable accurate testing. The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) (or the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) in the case of a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) to which certification authority is delegated under this subsection) shall publish and make available to the public upon request the list of laboratories certified under this subsection.[^1]


## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “section.”

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–572, § 4, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2889.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.