Return to Table of Contents Related Links Standards Action American National Standards Institute Procedures for the Development and Coordination of American National Standards 1. Due process and criteria for approval and withdrawal of American National Standards 1.1 Applicability These requirements apply to activities related to the development of consensus for approval, revision, reaffirmation, and withdrawal of American National Standards.
Due process allows for equity and fair play.
The following constitute the minimum acceptable due process requirements for the development of consensus. Openness Participation shall be open to all persons who are directly and materially affected by the activity in question. There shall be no undue financial barriers to participation. Voting membership on the consensus body shall not be conditional upon membership in any organization, nor unreasonably restricted on the basis of technical qualifications or other such requirements. Timely and adequate notice of any action to create, revise, reaffirm, or withdraw a standard, and the establishment of a new consensus-developing group or canvass list shall be provided to all known directly and materially affected interests.