Terms and Conditions

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Membership:

GenQA members are required to enrol for our EQAs annually. Current participants will be notified of the registration period by email.
Prompt registration is encouraged as some EQAs may have limited participation numbers.
Late enrolment is possible throughout the year however participation cannot always be guaranteed. Contact us on info@genqa.org for further information
By enrolling in any GenQA EQA you are agreeing to abide by the conditions of participation outlined on this website.
As a current GenQA member, you can renew for a new year here.
To become a member of the GenQA community for the first time, join https://genqa.org/join.

EQA participation:

Participants will be charged for all EQAs in which they are enrolled, regardless of whether they submit results for the EQA or not unless they withdraw prior to the EQA opening with an explanation acceptable to the GenQA Director.
Refunds are only payable in exceptional circumstances.
Participants are responsible for maintaining correct Billing and Delivery details via their laboratory website account.
In case of non-payment of invoices the Scheme reserves the right to withhold EQA results and/or refuse participation in future EQAs, until outstanding invoices have been settled.
Invoices are raised by either NHS Lothian or Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Invoices to Swiss laboratories will be raised through Centre Suisse de Contrôle de Qualité (CSCQ). For NHS England funded Genomic Medicine Service laboratories, any EQA relating to a test included in the National Genomic Testing Directory will be paid for by NHS.

The full GenQA Terms and Conditions are HERE.