Communication and Coordination:
Acquiring Laboratory Support
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### Reimbursement

If the cost of laboratory support cannot be reimbursed through a purchase order set up based on a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA), then other mechanisms for reimbursement may be used. The best time to discuss reimbursement is at the beginning of an incident. The WLA-RP does not establish mechanisms for laboratory reimbursement, but the following resources outside of the WLA-RP may be used for assistance with cost reimbursement:

Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) (state to state) Stafford Act State and tribal assistance grants (STAG) Inter-agency grants or agreements On Scene Coordinator (OSC) funding mechanisms Purchase orders Commodities workgroup agreement amongst regional lab chiefs |

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