National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Information Collection System

DATE OF REQUEST:

NVLAP LAB CODE:

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ADDENDUM #1 TO APPLICATION FORM
REQUEST TO EXPAND OR REDUCE LABORATORY SCOPE
(including updated revisions of standards)
Instructions: Provide the following information for this request and submit the completed form to NVLAP.
Use additional sheets, as needed, with the date and NVLAP Lab Code marked on each page.

PART 1 – FOR SCOPE EXPANSION REQUEST ONLY
1.

Provide a prose justification of why the lab considers this scope expansion justified.

2.

Do any of these standards require the lab to perform on-site testing, and if yes, does your present
scope of accreditation and management system include on-site testing?

3.

Do any of these standards require you to subcontract services or to lease test equipment? If yes,
please provide a list that identifies the services and the equipment, as appropriate.

4.

Is your staff trained for these test methods? If appropriate, please provide an updated staff
competency matrix and/or training records.

5.

Do you need any outside consultants in order to provide these new test services? If yes, who are
these consultants and what services do they provide? Were these consultants available and present
at the last NVLAP assessment?

6.

Please copy the Title Page of each standard or revision of the standard that you are requesting to be
included on your proposed scope of accreditation.

7.

What time expectations do you have, if any, on when this scope expansion request should be
considered and acted upon?

8.

Please use this form in conjunction with the NVLAP document titled VCCI Registration Form for
Accredited Laboratories, if you are seeking a scope expansion request for VCCI Normative Annex 1,
Technical Requirements of Regulations.

9.

After submission of these documents, a NVLAP ECT Program Manager or an assessor will contact
you. NVLAP may request one or both of the following items: 1) additional information including test
reports and test procedure documents that may have been issued or need to be created; 2) the
original standard(s) for review.

10. The NVLAP response may result in one of the following outcomes:
•

An off-site document review and information review (a teleconference may be necessary), which is
performed either by a NVLAP assessor or NVLAP staff, as appropriate. The result of the off-site
document review may be that an on-site assessment visit is required (at the applicant laboratory's
cost).

•

An interim on-site assessment by a NVLAP assessor (at the applicant laboratory's cost).

•

Tentative scope expansion approval based on the review of the information that you have already
provided.

•

Rejection or modification of the scope expansion request.

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ECT APPLICATION – ADDENDUM #1 (REV. 2009-01-13)

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DATE OF REQUEST:

NVLAP LAB CODE:

PART 2 – COMPLETE FOR SCOPE EXPANSION AND/OR SCOPE REDUCTION
Update the following table for a scope expansion request (add the new standard and/or revision) or for a scope reduction request. If you have any
questions or need additional information, please contact the NVLAP ECT Program Manager by phone: 301-975-4016, or by e-mail:
NVLAP@nist.gov, or contact the assessor.

LIST REQUESTED SCOPE EXPANSIONS AND REDUCTIONS
NVLAP Test
Method Code
(if known)

Scope
Expansion?
(Mark “X” in
column)

Scope
Reduction?
(Mark “X” in
column)

ECT APPLICATION – ADDENDUM #1 (2009-01-13)

Name of Proposed Standard
or Revision

Identify
Trained Staff

Added
Equipment
Identifier

Test Procedure
Identifier

Actual or
Sample Test
Report Identifier

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