Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-10-.32
The Department, upon application or petition, may grant variances and waivers to these rules and regulations (after review and advice of Laboratory Advisory Council) when it is shown that the rule and regulation should not be applied as written, because strict application would cause undue hardship and that adequate standards affording protection of health, safety and care exist and will be met in lieu of the exact requirements, or that the purpose of the rule is met through equivalent standards affording equivalent protection of health, safety and care, or to allow experimentation or demonstration of new and innovative approaches to delivery of services, where the approach has the potential to improve service delivery and the intended protections afforded by the rule are being met.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-10-.32
O.C.G.A. § 31-2-7.