Quality control records pertaining, but not limited to the following areas, shall be retained by the laboratory for at least the 3 most recent years:
    
    
        
        (a) 
         Prepared solution standardizations;
     
    
        
        (b) 
         Recovery studies by known analyte additions;
     
    
        
        (c) 
         The purity checks of reagents and test materials;
     
    
        
        (d) 
         Apparatus and equipment calibrations;
     
    
        
        (e) 
         The quality examination and testing of materials;
     
    
        
        (f) 
         The mandatory participation in proficiency check sample testing or collaborative studies;
     
    
        
        (g) 
         Daily critical parameter checks of equipment, such as temperature readings;
     
    
        
        (h) 
         The equivalency tests of new procedures with standard methodologies.