National Institute of
Standards and Technology
Technology Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
7028
July 2003
NISTIR
Type Evaluation Laboratory
Quality Manual Template
Developed for U.S. Type Evaluation
Laboratories
WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES DIVISION
Quality
Manual
Template
Type Evaluation Laboratory
Quality Manual Template
Developed for U.S. Type Evaluation Laboratories
G. Diane Lee
July 2003
NIST Weights and Measures Division
Henry Oppermann, Division Chief
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Donald L. Evans, Secretary
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
Phillip J. Bond, Under Secretary of Commerce For Technology
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS
AND TECHNOLOGY
Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director
NISTIR 7028
Preface
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Weights and Measures Division
(WMD) works with State weights and measures (W&M) programs and other federal agencies to
promote uniformity in the U.S. commercial W&M system. Some State W&M programs and
federal agencies maintain and operate type evaluation laboratories. These laboratories perform
evaluations of commercial weighing and measuring devices to ensure their conformance to
national (National Conference on Weights and Measures, NCWM Publication 14 test
procedures), and international (International Organization of Legal Metrology, OIML
recommendations) standards.
In accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 “General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and
Calibration Laboratories, ” 1999, U.S. type evaluation laboratories must establish, implement,
maintain and document their laboratory quality system.
As part of its technical support to the U.S. commercial W&M system, NIST WMD created this
quality manual template to assist type evaluation laboratories in documenting their quality
systems. As such, this quality manual template is specifically designed for type evaluation
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