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iv Laboratory: A body or organisation that performs test andor
calibration. v
SAMM Skim Akreditasi Makmal Malaysia: The Laboratory Accreditation Scheme of Malaysia is a national laboratory
accreditation scheme administered by Standards Malaysia.
vi SAMM Accreditation criteria: Includes the appropriate accreditation
standard, and all Standards Malaysia approved policies and procedures at the time of application, and those approved from time to
time subsequent to accreditation, that are applicable to the respective accreditation programmes.
For other terms not listed, the relevant definitions in ISOIEC 17000 and the International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology shall apply.
3 Authority for the granting of SAMM accreditation
3.1 General
Under Skim Akreditasi Makmal Malaysia SAMM, the Director General of Standards Malaysia is responsible for all policies and decisions affecting the
accreditation of testingcalibration laboratories, including the granting, maintaining, extending, renewal, reducing, suspending, withdrawing or
reinstatement of accreditation.
The granting, maintaining and renewal of accreditation shall be granted only to a testingcalibration laboratory which;
a is legally identifiable and operational,
b complies with SAMM conditions and the relevant SAMM accreditation
criteria, c
pays such fees as prescribed in the Fee Schedule as are due to Standards Malaysia, and
d gives such undertakings as Standards Malaysia may require.
3.2 Criteria of competence, procedure and amendment of conditions
a Standards Malaysia shall have the right to prescribe the relevant
criteria of competence against which a testingcalibration laboratory shall be assessed.
b The accreditation requirements set out in MS ISOIEC 17025
– General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration
Laboratories or MS ISO 15189: Medical Laboratories –Requirements
for Quality and Competence and any applicable criteria prescribed at the discretion of Standards Malaysia, shall be taken as the criteria for
assessing the competence of a testingcalibration laboratory.
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c Standards Malaysia shall specify the procedures by which application
for accreditation shall be made, the conditions for maintaining, extending, renewal, reducing, suspending or withdrawing of
accreditation, and the conditions under which SAMM accreditation may be refused, reduced, put under suspension, withdrawal, or
reinstatement.
d Standards Malaysia reserves the right to amend any part of SAMM
conditions, if in the opinion of Standards Malaysia such amendments are necessary to maintain the credibility of SAMM.
e In the event of such amendments, reasonable time shall be given to
laboratories to carry out the necessary adjustments to their management system in order to comply with the altered terms and
conditions.
Unless otherwise specified, a period of six 6 months from the date of notification of change by Standards Malaysia shall be given for
testingcalibration laboratories to carry out the necessary adjustments to their system.
3.3 Processing and granting of accreditation
