Inspection Body Accreditation Program
(ISO/IEC 17020)

The A2LA Inspection Body Accreditation Program has been revised to meet the international standard ISO/IEC 17020: 1998 "General criteria for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection."  (The previous program was based on ISO/IEC Guide 39: 1998, "General requirements for the acceptance of inspection bodies.")  The ISO/IEC 17020 standard not only requires the inspection body to have a quality system and manual but also requires that the inspection body be found competent to perform specific inspections or types of inspections.

Accreditation is based on the assessment of performance of an inspection body including procedures, staff competence and reporting.  It is available to all inspection bodies including in-house services.

APPLICATION DOCUMENTS

The full application package includes the following 6 documents:

1-Overview
2-Printed Application
3-Description of Inspections
4-Matrix
5-Program Fees
6-Checklist

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact at 301 644 3226.