§ 280.1012 - Decision on accreditation.

(a) The decision whether or not to accredit a body shall be made on the basis of the information gathered during the accreditation process and any other relevant information. Those who make the accreditation decision shall not have participated in the audit.

(b) The Accreditor shall not delegate authority for granting, maintaining, extending, reducing, suspending or withdrawing accreditation to an outside person or body.

(c) The Accreditor shall provide to each of its accredited bodies accreditation documents such as a letter outlining the scope of accreditation and a certificate signed by an officer who has been assigned such responsibility. These accreditation documents shall identify, for the body and each of its sites covered by the accreditation:

(1) The name and address;

(2) The scope of the accreditation granted, including as appropriate:

(i) The type of registration scheme;

(ii) The standards and/or other normative documents and regulatory requirements against which products, services or systems are registered; and

(iii) Fasteners covered by the Act.

(3) The effective date of accreditation and, as applicable, the term for which the accreditation is valid.

(d) In response to an application for an amendment to the scope of an accreditation already granted, the Accreditor shall decide what, if any, assessment procedure is appropriate to determine whether or not the amendment should be granted and shall act accordingly.