Eligibility
Laboratories are eligible to receive the award only once every three years.
Selection Process
Winners are chosen based solely on responses to the Healthiest Laboratory Self-Assessment Survey, distributed to APHL member laboratories during the annual nomination period.
- All eligible laboratories are encouraged to complete the survey.
- Progress can be saved and revisited at a later date, but submission of the survey is final, so please review your responses carefully before submitting.
The State and Local jurisdictional winners of the Healthiest Laboratory Award are reimbursed up to $1,500 towards one or more of the following prizes:
- Purchase or repair of fitness equipment
- Funding mass transit passes for employees
- Funding recycling program
- Purchasing trees/greenery for around the lab or starting a small garden
- A health and wellness expo for lab employees
- Other green purchase to be approved by APHL.
Prizes must first be approved by APHL.