IAS TRANSITION POLICY FOR INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Updated June 11, 2020
This policy applies to all IAS-accredited Testing and Calibration Laboratories (TLs and CLs) andcovers the following aspects in the transition process to ISO/IEC 17025:2017, Conformity
assessment – General requirements for the competence of testing and calibrationlaboratories, published in November 2017.
IAS-accredited TLs and CLs are required to comply with the requirements of this policy tomaintain accreditation with IAS. This updated policy is based on the June 2020 revision of theInternational Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Resolution GA 20.15, which extends
the official transition period from ISO/IEC 17025:2005 to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 by 6 months toJune 1, 2021. IAS has therefore revised its transition timeline as follows:
1. All initial assessments for new applicants must be conducted to the ISO/IEC 17025:2017
version of the standard.
2. All laboratories currently accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 must be assessed to the newstandard by February 28, 2021.
Availability of Accreditation Documents
All IAS-accredited TLs and CLs are required to purchase a copy of the new international
Standard ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 from relevant standard bodies, including the International CodeCouncil Standards Bookstore, http://shop.iccsafe.org/standards.html
To assist in the transition of accredited and applicant organizations to the new version of thestandard, IAS has also included an information paper to highlight the changes, please refer tohttps://www.iasonline.org/resources/ for details.
Assessment and Documentation•••

All applicant and existing accredited organizations will not be permitted to be assessedto the 2005 version of the international standard.
Any non-conformance(s) raised during assessments conducted during the transition
period against requirements of the new ISO/IEC 17025:2017 international standard will
require corrective actions.
Laboratories that have not demonstrated full compliance with ISO/IEC 17025:2017
international standard by June 1, 2021, are subject to suspension and their accreditation
certificate will be removed from the IAS website until further compliance is demonstrated.
IAS/TL-CL/041
January 5, 2018
Revised June 11, 2020
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Stakeholder Training and Client Engagement•••

All on-going communication and updates critical to the successful conclusion of thetransition to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 will be posted on the following IAS website links: https://www.iasonline.org/services/testing-laboratories/ https://www.iasonline.org/services/calibration-laboratories/
IAS is offering training events and online webinars to the new standard.
Please consult the IAS website (https://www.iasonline.org/training) for training dates andvenues. If interested in obtaining training to the new version of ISO/IEC 17025, pleasecontact IAS at training@iasonline.org

Guidance on transition process for laboratories•••••••Plan your transition process to the new version of the standard based on the IAS transition
policy as outlined above.
Personnel responsible for transition and implementation of their laboratory management
system to the new version of the standard will need to be trained.
All relevant personnel need to understand, interpret and implement the requirements of
the new version of the standard.
Perform a gap analysis between the existing laboratory management system and therequirements to the new version of the standard.
Update laboratory management system documentation including existing policies andprocedures as required.
Establish an internal training plan and schedule awareness trainings for relevant
laboratory personnel.
Contact IAS to arrange for a transition assessment visit.
Note: Assessment visits relating to transitioning can be combined with the laboratory scheduled
reassessments if they are within accepted time frames as stated in this policy.

Contact Information
Further information can be obtained by contacting Prasanth S Ramakrishnan, Manager,Operations, Accreditation Programs at pramakrishnan@iasonline.org

IAS/TL-CL/041
January 5, 2018
Revised June 11, 2020
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