Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 80 — Fasteners
§ 5411a. Certification and accreditation
Statutory text
Certification
A person publishing a document setting forth guidance or requirements for the certification of manufacturing systems as fastener quality assurance systems by an accredited third party may petition the Director to approve such document for use as described in section 5402(7)(B)(iii)(I) of this title. The Director shall act upon a petition within 180 days after its filing, and shall approve such petition if the document provides equal or greater rigor and reliability as compared to ISO/IEC Guide 62.
Accreditation
A person publishing a document setting forth guidance or requirements for the approval of accreditation bodies to accredit third parties described in subsection (a) may petition the Director to approve such document for use as described in section 5402(7)(B)(iii)(I) of this title. The Director shall act upon a petition within 180 days after its filing, and shall approve such petition if the document provides equal or greater rigor and reliability as compared to ISO/IEC Guide 61.
Laboratory accreditation
A person publishing a document setting forth guidance or requirements for the accreditation of laboratories may petition the Director to approve such document for use as described in section 5402(1)(A) of this title. The Director shall act upon a petition within 180 days after its filing, and shall approve such petition if the document provides equal or greater rigor and reliability as compared to ISO/IEC Guide 25.
Approval of accreditation bodies
A person publishing a document setting forth guidance or requirements for the approval of accreditation bodies to accredit laboratories may petition the Director to approve such document for use as described in section 5402(1)(B) of this title. The Director shall act upon a petition within 180 days after its filing, and shall approve such petition if the document provides equal or greater rigor and reliability as compared to ISO/IEC Guide 58. In addition to any other voluntary laboratory accreditation programs that may be established by private sector persons, the Director shall establish a National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program, for the accreditation of laboratories as described in section 5402(1)(B) of this title, that meets the requirements of ISO/IEC Guide 58 (or another document approved by the Director under this subsection), including revisions from time-to-time.
Affirmation
An accreditation body accrediting third parties who certify manufacturing systems as fastener quality assurance systems as described in section 5402(7)(B)(iii)(I) of this title shall affirm to the Director that it meets the requirements of ISO/IEC Guide 61 (or another document approved by the Director under subsection (b)), including revisions from time-to-time.
An accreditation body accrediting laboratories as described in section 5402(1)(B) of this title shall affirm to the Director that it meets the requirements of ISO/IEC Guide 58 (or another document approved by the Director under subsection (d)), including revisions from time-to-time.
An affirmation required under paragraph (1) or (2) shall take the form of a self-declaration that the accreditation body meets the requirements of the applicable Guide, signed by an authorized representative of the accreditation body, without requirement for accompanying documentation. Any such affirmation shall be considered to be a continuous affirmation that the accreditation body meets the requirements of the applicable Guide, unless and until the affirmation is withdrawn by the accreditation body.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Fastener Quality Act
Pub. L. 101–592 § 10 · 104 Stat. 2943
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 5411a
(Pub. L. 101–592, § 10, as added Pub. L. 106–34, § 10, June 8, 1999, 113 Stat. 123.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–592, § 10, as added Pub. L. 106–34, § 10, June 8, 1999, 113 Stat. 123.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 10. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS. (a) Laboratories.— Laboratories which perform inspections and testing under section 5(b) shall retain for 10 years all records concerning the inspection and testing, and certification, of fasteners under section 5. (b) Manufacturers, Importers, Private Label Distributors, and Persons who Make Significant Alterations.— Manufacturers, importers, private label distributors, and persons who make significant alterations shall retain for 10 years all records concerning the inspection and testing, and certification, of fasteners under section 5, and shall provide copies of any applicable laboratory testing report or manufacturer’s certificate upon request to any subsequent purchaser of fasteners taken from the lot to which such testing report or manufacturer’s certificate relates.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 10 of Pub. L. 101–592 was renumbered section 7 and is classified to section 5409 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 101–592, § 10, as added Pub. L. 106–34, § 10, , 113 Stat. 123.)