To SCC Management System Accreditation Program Customers accredited to certify to ISO 13485 and/or ISO 13485 under CMDCAS.
SCC is announcing to its customers the publication by ISO of the following standard:
ISO 13485:2016 Medical Devices – Quality management systems – Requirements for regulatory purposes.
For Management Systems Accreditation Program customers who certify to ISO 9001,
To SCC Management System Accreditation Program Customers,
Following the SCC Bulletin No. 12 dated 2015-08-12 announcing the publication of the standard ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, SCC further details the transition to this standard for its accredited customers.
As already announced, starting on 2016-04-01, for all the certification bodies accredited by SCC within the management system accreditation program all head office assessments are to be performed to ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015.
1. Reaccreditation Assessments
To SCC Management System Accreditation Program Customers
SCC is announcing to its customers the publication by ISO of the following conformity assessment standard:
ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 1: Requirements.
Dear SCC Customer,
Our efforts to overhaul the Accreditation Services Branch operations are still ongoing. A modernized Quality Management System has been in place since the fall of 2013, and we have had two internal audits to test the effectiveness of the new QMS.
For SCC Management Systems Accreditation Program customers, certifying Quality Management Systems,
Management Systems Accreditation Program – Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Certification Bodies (CBs) only,
The new SFI 2015-2019 Standards and Rules went into effect on January 1st, 2015, and SFI Program Participants have been given 1 year to implement all new and revised requirements, and Program Participants must demonstrate conformance to the new requirements at their first surveillance audit following the implementation period. For SCC-accredited CBs certifying under SFI, the following timelines shall apply:
Management Systems Accreditation Program – American Tree Farm System® (ATFS) Certification Bodies (CBs) only,
The 2015-2020 American Tree Farm System® (ATFS) Standards of Sustainability (Standards) were approved by the American Forest Foundation (AFF) Board of Trustees for enactment on January 1, 2015. The 2015-2020 Standards replace the previous version (2010-2015) and must be fully adopted by the ATFS community, including accredited certification bodies, and incorporated into relevant policies, procedures and practices within one year of enactment.
For the attention of SCC-accredited certification bodies certifying organizations under the CMDCAS program,
