2-3108. Director of Agriculture; rules and regulations.

The director is authorized and directed to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the establishment of minimum standards for laboratories, equipment, personnel, reporting format, and procedures and methods used in soil or plant analysis to ensure that test results will be accurate within an acceptable range and such other rules and regulations as are necessary to the proper administration and enforcement of the Nebraska Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory Act. In formulating proposed rules and regulations, the director shall consult with representatives of the fertilizer industry, representatives of the laboratories in this state, and the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. All rules and regulations shall be established in accordance with the procedure defined in the Administrative Procedure Act.

Source:Laws 1969, c. 8, § 8, p. 99; Laws 1988, LB 871, § 3; Laws 1991, LB 663, § 31; Laws 1995, LB 356, § 6; Laws 1999, LB 198, § 4.

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