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NIJ CR-0116.00
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Title

"Law enforcement CBRN protective ensemble certification program requirements"

Description

This document specifies requirements for compliance determinations under the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) CBRN Protective Ensemble Standard for Law Enforcement (NIJ Standard-0116.00).

Standard Type(s)
Conformity Assessment

Quality assurance, lab accreditation, or inspection standard.

Specification

An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, system, or service: Examples of specifications include, but are not limited to, requirements for; physical, mechanical, or chemical properties, and safety, quality, or performance criteria. A specification identifies the test methods for determining whether each of the requirements is satisfied.

Personal Protective Equipment
Body Protection

All items of clothing and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured to provide specific protection. This includes bullet-proof clothing, general protective clothing and full body ensembles that protect from cuts, radiation, temperature extremes, hot splashes from molten metals and other hot liquids, potential impacts from tools, machinery and materials and hazardous chemicals. Examples of body protection include laboratory coats, coveralls, vests, jackets, aprons, surgical gowns and full body suits

  • CBRN protective ensembles
Hazards
Radiation
  • Nuclear Particulate
  • Radiological
Biological
  • Biological
Chemical
  • Chemical
Conformity Assessment Notes

Details regarding conformity assessment are to be found in section 4 - General Requirements.  See document for specifics

Comments

ISO/IEC Publications

ISO/IEC Guide 65:1997. General Requirements for Bodies Operating Product Certification Systems.

ISO 9000:2005. Quality Management Systems — Fundamentals and Vocabulary.

ISO 9001. Quality Management Systems — Requirements.

ISO/IEC Guide 23:1982. Methods of Indicating Conformity with Standards for Third-party Certification Systems.

ISO/IEC 17000:2004. Conformity Assessment — Vocabulary and General Principles.

ISO/IEC 17020. General Criteria for Operating Various Types of Bodies Performing Inspection.

ISO/IEC 17021. Conformity Assessment — Requirements for Bodies Providing Audit and Certification of Management Systems.

ISO/IEC 17025. General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories.

NIJ Publication

NIJ Standard-0116.00, CBRN Protective Ensemble Standard for Law Enforcement. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice.

Testing Laboratories
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) - Gaithersburgh, Maryland, 20899-2140
Notes

In 2006, the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Office of Science and Technology requested the establishment of a NVLAP program to accredit laboratories that test ballistic- and stab-resistant personal body armor to support the voluntary minimum performance standards developed for NIJ by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES).

The U. S. DOJ has established a product certification program administered by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC). NLECTC reviews test reports from laboratories that have been designated by DOJ and lists products that meet DOJ standards. In order to be designated by the DOJ, a laboratory must be accredited by NVLAP and must sign a letter of agreement with the DOJ committing itself to abide by the certification program requirements.

While NVLAP may accredit any laboratory that meets NVLAP administrative and technical requirements, the DOJ has additional requirements. These requirements include: all laboratories performing additional compliance testing services for the Compliance Testing Program in accordance with NIJ Standards must be independent third-party laboratories owned, located, and which perform all testing to NIJ Standards within the United States. Additionally, all laboratories must be free of and demonstrate their freedom from any potential conflicts of interest with respect to other services they and/or their subsidiaries and affiliates may provide, particularly regarding services pertaining to consultation on the design and manufacturer of the types of products the laboratory will perform NIJ compliance testing services for.
Contact

Phone Number: (301) 975-4016
Email: NVLAP@nist.gov

Accreditations

ISO 17025

Scope of Accreditation

NIJ Standard-0104.02 , NIJ Standard 0106.01 , NIJ Standard 0108.01 , NIJ Standard-0101.06 , NIJ Standard-0115.00 , NIJ CR-0116.00 , NIJ Standard-0116.00

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