How does AQS determine if a monitor is regulatory or not?

The key field in AQS to tell if something is a regulatory monitor or not, is the monitor type; so if the monitor type is a SLAMS then the monitor is assumed to be regulatory.  If the monitor is not a regulatory monitor and its a State, Local or Tribe (SLT) creating the monitor, they are supposed to create it as a SPM.  If you create a monitor as a SPM you can use whatever method you like.