[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR285.22]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 285--NATIONAL VOLUNTARY LABORATORY ACCREDITATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart C--Accrediting a Laboratory
 
Sec. 285.22  Assessing and evaluating a laboratory.

    (a) Information use to evaluate a laboratory's compliance with the 
conditions for accreditation set out in Sec. 285.32, the criteria for 
accreditation set out in Sec. 285.33, and the technical requirements 
established for each LAP will include (not necessarily in this order):
    (1) Application and other material submitted by the laboratory 
(Sec. 285.32(b));
    (2) On-site assessment reports;
    (3) Laboratory performance on proficiency tests;
    (4) Laboratory responses to identified deficiencies; and
    (5) Technical evaluation.
    (b) NVLAP shall arrange the assessment and evaluation of applicant 
laboratories in such a way as to minimize potential conflicts of 
interest.
    (c) NVLAP shall inform each applicant laboratory of any additional 
action(s) that the laboratory must take to qualify for accreditation.

[59 FR 22748, May 3, 1994]