§ 280.304 - Maintaining approved status.

(a) Approved accreditation bodies shall continue to satisfy all the requirements of approval during the approval period.

(b) Upon request by NIST, approved accreditation bodies shall make available to NIST and BXA all records and materials pertaining to the program.

(c) NIST may elect to have its representative participate as an observer during on-site visits to testing laboratories seeking accreditation by an approved accreditation body.

(d) Neither the accreditation body, nor any laboratory it accredits under the Act and these regulations shall take any action which states or implies the approval, or endorsement by NIST or any other agency of the U.S. government of the results of tests carried out by such laboratories. In addition, neither the accreditation body, nor any laboratory it accredits under the Act and these regulations shall take any action which states or implies that the accreditation body or its accredited laboratories are recognized by NIST in any testing or other area(s) beyond those for which NIST has approved the accreditation body under this regulation. Approved accreditation bodies shall not engage in misrepresentation of the scope or conditions of its approval by NIST.