NVLAP Attachment B-Accreditation Process

ATTACHMENT B
(From ISO/IEC 17011:2004
Conformity assessmentCGeneral requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity
assessment bodies)

7

Accreditation process

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7.2 Application for accreditation
7.2.1 The accreditation body shall require a duly authorized representative of the applicant
CAB to make a formal application that includes the following:
a)

general features of the CAB, including corporate entity, name, addresses, legal status and
human and technical resources;

b)

general information concerning the CAB such as its activities, its relationship in a larger
corporate entity if any, and addresses of all its physical location(s) to be covered by the
scope of accreditation;

c)

a clearly defined, requested, scope of accreditation;

d)

an agreement to fulfill the requirements for accreditation and the other obligations of the
CAB, as described in 8.1.

7.2.2 The accreditation body shall require the applicant CAB to provide at least the following
information relevant to the accreditation prior to commencement of the assessment:
a) a description of the conformity assessment services that the CAB undertakes, and a list of
standards, methods or procedures for which the CAB seeks accreditation, including limits of
capability where applicable;
b) a copy (on paper or in electronic form) of the quality manual of the CAB, and relevant
associated documents and records, such as information on participation in proficiency testing as
described in 7.15, where applicable.
8.2 Obligations of the accreditation body
8.2.1 The accreditation body shall make publicly available information about the current status
of the accreditations that it has granted to CABs. This information shall be updated regularly. The
information shall include the following:
a)

name and address of each accredited CAB;

b)

dates of granting accreditation and expiry dates, as applicable;

c)

scopes of accreditation, condensed and/or in full. If only condensed scopes are provided,
information shall be given on how to obtain full scopes.