The adoption of routine sets of laboratory tests has allowed automated instrumentation to perform the tests.
But he said they did not typically perform the tests required to certify that the cables were correctly made.
Once inspections began in December, drivers waited hours for the new, sophisticated equipment to perform the tests.
The researchers said they had used the most conservative estimates of the time needed to perform the tests or provide the counseling.
When some of these were introduced there was also controversy about whether consumers could perform the tests or understand the results themselves.
The Paris-based IT firm Atos was contracted by the last government to perform the tests, receiving £110m a year for the work.
The agency has developed standardized laboratory tests for West Nile virus and has trained workers in the 19 state and local health departments to perform the tests.
He has canvassed laboratories in several countries to determine which are competent to perform the tests and has submitted the list to the committee.
But even if he could obtain the money necessary for equipment and specialists, it is unlikely he would get permission to perform the tests.
Is it ethical for genetic counselors, who advise patients on whether to undergo testing, to be paid by the companies that perform the tests?
So when she learned that the state plans to eliminate its 25 centralized testing centers and allow more than 300 service stations and car dealerships to perform the tests, Ms. Jansen was pleased.
