BCB 101 - Accreditation Criteria - QMS

NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES (NABCB)
Quality Council of India (QCI), 2nd Floor, Institution of Engineers Building, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi – 110002
Phone: +91-11-2337 8056 / 57; Fax: +91-11-2337 8678; E-mail: [email protected]; Web: www.nabcb.qci.org.in;
Accreditation Criteria
Quality Management Systems
BCB 101 Mar 2019
Contents
0.0 Foreword 2
1.0 Scope 2
2.0 Criteria 2
3.0 Guidance on the requirements of ISO/IEC17021 2
4.0 Scope of Accreditation 2
5.0 Certification Body Competence 3
6.0 Time of Audits 3
Date Effective: Mar 2019
BCB 101 / Mar 2019 Page 1 of 4

0.0 Foreword:
The Government of India and the Indian Industry came together to establish the
accreditation system in response to the need of the industry and the certification
bodies of Management Systems (QMS, EMS and other Management Systems) who
were largely dependent on the accreditation system of Europe and US.
A council with representation from Government, Industry, Certification Bodies, Non-

Government Organizations (NGOs), etc. was formed and named as Quality Council of
India. This Council was entrusted to establish the accreditation system in India. A
National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies was established to implement the
accreditation of the Certification Bodies.
The initial set of criteria for QMS accreditation approved by the Board was as per ISO/IEC
Guide 62:1996. Consequent upon the publication of ISO/IEC 17021-1 as applicable the
Board has adopted t h i s standard a s the basic criteria for accreditation of
management systems certification bodies. After the revision of accreditation standard,
NABCB has adopted ISO/IEC 17021-1 standard as the basic criteria for accreditation of
management systems certification bodies.
1.0 Scope
This document specifies the requirements that a third party body operating a Quality
Management System (QMS) Certification Programme shall meet if it is to be recognized
by the Board as competent and reliable in the operation of QMS Certification.
2.0 Criteria
The Certification Bodies seeking accreditation for Quality Management System

Certification shall comply with the requirements specified in I SO /IEC 17021-1,
“Conformity assessment – Req uirements for bodies providing audit and certification
of management systems
A copy of ISO/IEC 17021-1 can be obtained from the Bureau of Indian Standards or
from ISO Secretariat.
Note: Whenever there is revision of IEC 17021-1, NABCB follows the transition policy
as prescribed by IAF.
3.0 Guidance on the Requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1
The Board has adopted the IAF mandatory documents on application of ISO/IEC 1701-1
as the additional criteria document of NABCB.
If any further clarifications beyond the IAF mandatory documents available are required,
the same will be issued by the Board on case to case basis.
IAF MDs are freely downloadable from IAF website.
4.0 Scope of Accreditation
The Board has adopted the scope of accreditation based on the Statistical
Nomenclature of Economic

Activities as per IAF ID 1 and the same is available as annexure to NABCB procedure BCB
201 (MS).
5.0 Certification Body (CB) Competence
5.1 Accreditation by NABCB signifies that the certification body is competent to offer
ISO 9001 and sector specific standards like ISO 13485, ISO 15378, ISO 21001, etc. as
applicable certification in specific sectors. The CB would be expected to identify the
technical areas where there is no IAF documents (MD) published for which it seeks
accreditation and clearly demonstrate that it has the competence to offer certification in
these areas.
The CB shall determine the competence needed for each function and the technical areas
for which it seeks accreditation in accordance with the criteria document ISO/IEC 17021-
1.
5.2 The CB shall have a procedure for initial qualification and subsequent monitoring
of its auditors and experts based on ISO/IEC 17021-1, ISO/IEC 17021-3, sector specific
standards and IAF mandatory documents (i.e IAF MD 9). The CB shall establish
procedures for qualifying an auditor / expert for a specific technical area.
6.0 Time of the Audits undertaken by the Certification Body
The Board has adopted the IAF mandatory document MD 5 and MD 9 etc. as
applicable on the audit man days that are normally required for audits to verify
compliance to ISO 9001 and sector specific standards.
The Certification body shall have procedures to determine the audit man days required
for audit for initial assessment, surveillance and reassessment. The procedure shall also
include the policies for estimation of audit duration for multisite /organizations and
transfer of certificates, as needed.
Note: For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.

Amendment Record
Date Auth. by Description of Amendment
May 2016 CEO ISO/IEC 17021-1 and ISO/IEC 17021-3 added in

place of Guide 62 and ISO/IEC 17021:2006
Mar 2019 CEO To include adoption of IAF/APAC Requirements
and To make minor edits

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NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES (NABCB)

Quality Management Systems

BCB 101 Mar 2019

3.0 Guidance on the requirements of ISO/IEC17021 2

4.0 Scope of Accreditation 2

5.0 Certification Body Competence 3

6.0 Time of Audits 3

Date Effective: Mar 2019

BCB 101 / Mar 2019 Page 1 of 4

A council with representation from Government, Industry, Certification Bodies, Non-

The Certification Bodies seeking accreditation for Quality Management System

3.0 Guidance on the Requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1

4.0 Scope of Accreditation

BCB 101 / Mar 2019 Page 2 of 4

5.0 Certification Body (CB) Competence

6.0 Time of the Audits undertaken by the Certification Body

BCB 101 / Mar 2019 Page 3 of 4

Date Auth. by Description of Amendment

May 2016 CEO ISO/IEC 17021-1 and ISO/IEC 17021-3 added in

BCB 101 / Mar 2019 Page 4 of 4

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