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Accreditation
CHAPTER IV : ACCREDITATION
DIVISION I : ACCREDITATION PROCESS
49. A body constituted
as a legal person that applies to the Board for accreditation and, in
the opinion of the Board, complies with the applicable accreditation manual
is entitled to accreditation to certify products as compliant with a specification
manual or with the standards defined by regulation of the Minister.
For the purposes of this Act, the administrative unit of the Centre de
recherche industrielle du Québec referred to as the “Bureau
de normalisation du Québec” in section 16 of the Act respecting
the Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec (R.S.Q., chapter
C-8.1) is considered a body constituted as a legal person.
The Board must satisfy itself that the applicant body has the capacity
to administer a certification program based on the specification manual
or the standards defined by regulation of the Minister.
2006, c. 4, s. 49.
50. A
body’s application for accreditation must be submitted with all
the documents specified in the applicable accreditation manual and the
regulations. It must also be submitted with a list of the parties registered
with the body and a list of the products that the body intends to certify.
2006,
c. 4, s. 50.
51. The
Board may require the applicant body to provide any other document or
information it considers relevant to the assessment of the application.
It may demand to be allowed to visit, as provided for in the applicable
accreditation manual, the facilities of the applicant body and of the
parties registered with the applicant body. 52. If of the opinion that
the applicant body does not meet the standards and criteria set out in
the applicable accreditation manual, the Board must first give the applicant
body an opportunity to submit its observations, then give reasons for
its decision to deny accreditation.
2006, c. 4, s. 51.
52. If
of the opinion that the applicant body does not meet the standards
and criteria set out in the applicable accreditation manual, the Board
must first
give the applicant body an opportunity to submit its observations, then
give
reasons for its decision to deny accreditation.
2006, c. 4, s. 52.
 - to administer a certification program that complies with the applicable
accreditation manual;
- to refrain from unduly limiting the accessibility of its services
for those to whom a specification manual or a regulation authorizing
an added-value claim applies or whose activities are regulated by
such a manual or regulation;
- to certify products bearing the recognized reserved designation
as compliant with the specification manual or to certify products
bearing the authorized added-value claim as compliant with the regulation
of the Minister;
- to ensure that the parties registered with the certification body
comply with the specification manual or with the standards defined
by regulation of the Minister;
- to receive any proposed amendment to a specification manual and
forward it to the Board;
- to keep an up-to-date list of the parties registered with the certification
body, including their business contact information, and an up-to-date
list of the products it certifies, and provide access to those lists,
which are public information; and
- to impose a contribution on the parties registered with the certification
body to cover its operating costs.
2006, c. 4, s. 54.
DIVISION III : WITHDRAWAL OF ACCREDITATION
55. Before
withdrawing the accreditation of a certification body, the Board must
inform the certification body of the reasons for its decision and, if
applicable, of the corrective action to be taken to avoid withdrawal.
The Board must also give the certification body an opportunity to submit
its observations. 2006, c. 4, s. 55.
56. On
the expiry of a period of 15 days after the date on which the Board sends
the interested parties a decision to withdraw accreditation, the Board
gives notice of the decision in the Gazette officielle du Québec.
The withdrawal becomes effective on the date of publication of the notice.
2006, c. 4, s. 56.
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