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Program Reference Document, the Bluetooth Qualifica- Racing Medication & Testing Consortium (RMTC)
tion Review Board (BQRB) administers the recognition of The RMTC has specified in its “Laboratory Accreditation
facilities as Bluetooth Qualification Test Facilities (BQTF’s), Requirements and Operating Standards”, Version 2.1,
based on accreditation by A2LA. Laboratories seeking to January 2011 that laboratories seeking to become recog-
be recognized under this program in the Electrical field of nized under their program must be accredited to ISO/IEC
testing must meet the additional program requirements 17025 by an accreditation body that is a full signatory to
of the Bluetooth SIG. the ILAC MRA (such as A2LA).

Cellular Telephone and Internet Association (CTIA) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
A2LA is recognized by the Cellular Telephone and WADA, in its January 2009 World Anti-Doping Code Inter-
Internet Association (CTIA) to provide laboratory accredi- national Standard for Laboratories, requires laboratories
tation services in support of CTIA’s certification program to be accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 by an accreditation
to verify conformance of wireless products to established body that is a signatory to the ILAC MRA (such as A2LA)
industry standards. using assessors trained and qualified by WADA.

Gaming Standards Association (GSA) Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
GSA recognizes A2LA as qualified to accredit laboratories DNV has recognized A2LA’s deeming authority from CMS
to perform GSA standards conformance testing. Labs to accredit hospital laboratories for all specialties and
participating in the GSA Certification Program must be sub-specialties under the Clinical Laboratory Improve-
ISO/IEC 17025 accredited by an accreditation body ment Amendments (CLIA). As such, DNV-accredited
(such as A2LA) that meets the requirements detailed in hospitals may utilize A2LA for the assessment and
the GSA Certification Program Guide. accreditation of their laboratories without a duplicate
laboratory assessment from DNV.
SBC
SBC has issued SBC-TP-76200 Network Equipment Power, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Accreditation Center
Grounding, Environmental and Physical Design Require- (GAC)
ments, Issue 5, which formally recognizes A2LA for the On November 18, 2014, A2LA signed a Memorandum of
ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation of Network Equipment Understanding (MOU) with GAC to provide a framework
Building Systems (NEBS) testing laboratories. for cooperation for different sectors of accreditation,
including assessment and joint accreditation of confor-
Aerospace Industry mity assessment bodies applying for accreditation or
 General Electric (GE): With the incorporation of already accredited by A2LA or GAC.
ISO/IEC 17025 in S-400 (revision date October 15, 2012),
GE allows more flexibility in the approval process. In
accordance with GE S400, Section 2.2.7, subsequent to
initial approval by GE, a laboratory can get recertified
for GE work by (1) GE Aviation audit, (2) ILAC ISO 17025
audit, (3) Nadcap AS7003 audit, (4) GE-AIRBUS-SAFRAN
audit to SAFRAN Referee Document Agreement, PTL0082.

 United Technologies Corporation (UTC) - Aerospace
Industry: UTC and its member organizations (Hamilton
Sundstrand, Pratt & Whitney, Pratt & Whitney Canada
and Sikorsky Aircraft) specify A2LA through the Aero-
space Supplier Quality Requirements. The Aerospace
Supplier Quality Requirements, ASQR-01, Revision 8
states in Section 7.5.2 that “Nadcap accreditation is not
required for materials testing laboratories with American
Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA).”

ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
The 2007 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code III,
Subsection NCA: General Requirements for Division 1
and Division 2 – Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility
Components specifies the acceptance of accreditation
by A2LA or other ILAC MRA signatories for calibration
laboratories.