[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR200.111]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 200--POLICIES, SERVICES, PROCEDURES, AND FEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 200.111  Witnessing of operations.

    NIST welcomes scientists and engineers who may wish to visit its 
laboratories and discuss its methods. Ordinarily visitors will not be 
permitted to witness the actual carrying out of highly precise 
measurements because their presence introduces distraction that may lead 
to errors or delays. This policy may be waived in those cases

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where NIST determines that the visitor can be of service in setting up 
apparatus of a new or unusual nature, in the case of referee tests, or 
in other cases in which the legal validity of the result may require the 
presence of duly authorized witnesses.