Applicant and Accredited Laboratories who are being assessed to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 must ensure that their quality systems refer to the new version of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories.
All testing and calibration laboratory customers and assessors
Noting the issue described below
All testing and calibration laboratory customers and assessors
It has come to SCC’s attention that there is an error in the French edition of ISO/IEC 17025:2017. For clause 7.7.1, the English version of the standard reads:
This document contains normative and informative guidance for ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited testing laboratories. Laboratories and assessment teams alike must use this document to assure compliance.
This document covers all accredited testing laboratories, including those labs under the following PSAs:
None for now but consideration should be given to preparing a transition plan to the revised standard which will be required of all ISO/IEC 17025 customers of SCC and those of its partners, Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) and National Research Council Calibration Laboratory Assessment Services (NRC-CLAS).
Effective immediately, all laboratories must now refer to SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories and cease referring to CAN-P-1630 - PALCAN Interpretations for Conducting Assessments of Testing and Calibration Laboratories - January 2008. As well, with the publication of the new requirements and guidance document, the following documents are also being withdrawn:
This document contains normative and informative guidance for ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited testing laboratories. Laboratories and assessment teams alike must use this document to assure compliance.
This document covers all accredited testing laboratories, including those labs under the following PSAs:
This document replaces CAN-P-1625.
These guidelines apply to all assessments and reassessments conducted on behalf of SCC.
