The Accreditation Procedure

The laboratory applying for accreditation will be assessed in accordance with internationally recognized criteria, namely the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. The accreditation process can be divided into four stages:

1-   Application Procedure

• Request for accreditation.

• Application for accreditation.

• Reviewing of the application and submitted documents for adequacy.

• Application receipt confirmation.

• Signing contract with applicant.

• Estimation of the costs and agreement on the accreditation proceedings.

2-   Assessment Procedure

• Selection of assessors according to the recommendations of the Technical Committee, if necessary.

• Informing the applicant of the names of the nominated assessors and seeking the agreement of the applicant on the assessors.

• Appointment of assessors.

• Assessment of the quality manual and related documents.

•  On-site assessment: verification of conformity with ISO/IEC 17025 and of technical competence on the basis of the scope of accreditation.

• Assessment report.

3-   Accreditation Procedure

• Evaluation of the technical assessment reports by the Technical Committee, if needed.

• Decision on accreditation by the Accreditation Committee.

• Accreditation certificate.

• Publication of the accreditation in the Official Gazette and registration in the Jordanian Conformity Assessment database.

4-   Surveillance Procedure

• Annual surveillance visits.

• Surveillance by inter-laboratory comparisons, proficiency tests and surveillance of documents.

• Renewal of accreditation after five years, upon the request of the laboratory.