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National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Procedures and General Requirements
Published
Author(s)
Dana S. Leaman, Bethany E. Hackett
Abstract
NIST Handbook 150 contains the general procedures and requirements under which NVLAP operates as an unbiased third-party accreditation body. This handbook contains the general requirements that testing and calibration laboratories must meet to demonstrate that they operate an appropriate management system, are technically competent, and are able to generate technically valid results.
Leaman, D.
and Hackett, B.
(2020),
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Procedures and General Requirements, Handbook (NIST HB), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.HB.150-2020
(Accessed October 7, 2025)