15 CFR § 285.12 - Monitoring visits.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s285.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 285.12 - Monitoring visits."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "285.12"
section_name: "Monitoring visits."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "ACCREDITATION AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "285"
part_name: "NATIONAL VOLUNTARY LABORATORY ACCREDITATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 272"
regulatory_source: "66 FR 29221, May 30, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "285"
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# 285.12 Monitoring visits.
(a) In addition to regularly scheduled assessments, monitoring visits may be conducted by NVLAP at any time during the accreditation period. They may occur for cause or on a random selection basis. While most monitoring visits will be scheduled in advance with the laboratory, NVLAP may conduct unannounced monitoring visits.
(b) The scope of a monitoring visit may range from checking a few designated items to a complete review. The assessors may review nonconformity resolutions, verify reported changes in the laboratory's personnel, facilities or operations, or evaluate proficiency testing activities, when appropriate.
[85 FR 60060, Sept. 24, 2020]