G/TBT/N/MEX/393  
8 February  2018 
(18-0879) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Technically substantiated comments may be submitted in writing, in electronic form and in 
Spanish, to the National Advisory Committee on Standardization for Innovation, 
Development, Technology and Information in Health . Domicilio en Lieja número 7, 1er. 
piso, Colonia Juárez, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, código postal 06696, Ciudad de México, 
Tel.: (55) 55 53 69 30 and 52 86 17 20, Fax : 52 86 17 26, Email: 
jose.meljem@salud.gob.mx  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Products 
relating to the functioning of clinical laboratories  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY -NOM-007-SSA3 -2017,  Para la Organización y funcionamiento de los 
laboratorios clínicos (Organization and functioning of clinical laboratories) (13 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The Standard is mandatory for clinical laboratories and for health 
professionals and technicians of the National Health System involved in the organiza tion 
and functioning of establishments concerned  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Establishes minimum standards for the organization and functioning of public, 
private and social sector clinical laborat ories belonging to the National Health System that 
enable them to qualify as diagnostic support services, as well as the minimum 
requirements governing human and technological resources and equipment, the conclusion 
of consensual legal instruments in relat ion to such services and subcontracting services, as 
well as the various phases of quality control, and standards of hygiene and biosecurity for 
staff and users of such services . It also establishes the minimum standards for advertising 
the establishments in question.  G/TBT/N/MEX/393  
- 2 - 
  8. Relevant documents:  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -001-NUCL -2013, Factores para el cálculo de 
equivalente de dosis (Factors for the calculation of dose equivalent)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -001-SEDE -2012: Instalaciones Eléctricas 
(utilización)  (Electrical installations (use))  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -004-SSA3 -2012, Del expediente clínico (Medical 
records)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -005-STPS-1998, Condiciones de seguridad e 
higiene en los centros de trabajo para el manejo, t ransporte y almacenamiento de 
sustancias químicas peligrosas  (Occupational health and safety requirements 
governing the handling, transport and storage of hazardous chemical substances)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidad es de 
Medida (General system of units of measurement)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -010-SSA2 -2010, Para la prevención y el control de 
la infección por Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana  (Prevention and control of 
infection from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -012-STPS-2012, Condiciones de seguridad y salud 
en los centros de trabajo donde se manejen fuentes de radiación ionizante  (Health 
and safety requirem ents in the workplace where ionizing radiation sources are 
handled)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -016-SSA3 -2012, Que establece las características 
mínimas de infraestructura y equipamiento de hospitales y consultorios de atención 
médica especializada  (Minimum requirements for infrastructure and equipment in 
specialized hospitals and medical practices)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -024-SSA3 -2012, Sistemas de información de 
registro electrónico para la salud  (Information systems for electronic health 
records) . Exchange of health information  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -026-NUCL -2011, Vigilancia médica del personal 
ocupacionalmente expuesto a radiaciones ionizantes  (Medical surveillance of 
personnel exposed to ionizing radiation in the workplace)  
 Mexican Offic ial Standard NOM -030-STPS-2009, Servicios preventivos de seguridad 
y salud en el trabajo - Funciones y actividades  (Preventive occupational safety and 
health services - Functions and activities)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -030-SSA3 -2013,  Que establece la s características 
arquitectónicas para facilitar el acceso, tránsito, uso y permanencia de las 
personas con discapacidad en establecimientos para la atención médica 
ambulatoria y hospitalaria del Sistema Nacional de Salud (Architectural design 
features to ensure disabled people can access, move around in, use and stay in 
outpatient and hospital facilities within the National Health System)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -031-NUCL -2011, Requisitos para el entrenamiento 
del personal ocupacionalmente expuesto a radiaciones ionizantes  (Requirements 
for the training of personnel exposed to ionizing radiation in the workplace)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -035-SSA3 -2012, Información en Salud  (Health 
information)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -052-SEMARNAT -2005, Que e stablece las 
características, el procedimiento de identificación, clasificación y los listados de los 
residuos peligrosos  (Characteristics, identification procedure, classification and lists 
for hazardous residues)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -087-SEMARNA T-SSA1 -2002,  Protección ambiental - 
Salud ambiental - Residuos Peligrosos biológico -Infecciosos - Clasificación y 
especificaciones de manejo  (Environmental protection - Environmental health - 
Hazardous bio -infectious residues - Classification - Handling sp ecifications)  G/TBT/N/MEX/393  
- 3 - 
   Mexican Official Standard NOM -161-SEMARNAT -2011, Que establece los criterios 
para clasificar a los Residuos de Manejo Especial y determinar cuáles están sujetos 
a Plan de Manejo ; el listado de los mismos, el procedimiento para la inclusión o 
exclusión a dicho listado ; así como los elementos y procedimientos para la 
formulación de los planes de manejo.(Criteria for classifying special management 
waste and for determining which forms of this waste are subject to a management 
plan; a list thereof ; and the procedure for inclusion in or exclusion from the list, as 
well as elements and procedures for the formulation of management plans)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : 60 calendar days after publication  as a final standard 
in the Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments : 1 April 2 018 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad (Under -Secretariat of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards)  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
Email:  
normasomc@economia.gob.mx /sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx /jose.ramosr@economia.
gob.mx  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5511878&fecha=31/01/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_0773_00_s.pdf