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Board of Standards Review

The ANSI BSR is responsible for the approval and withdrawal of American National Standards.

Overview

The ANSI Board of Standards Review is responsible for the approval and withdrawal of American National Standards and for other responsibilities that may be delegated to it by the Board of Directors. The functions of the Board of Standards Review include, but may not be limited to, the following:

  • implementing procedures for the approval and withdrawal of standards as American National Standards and adjudicating questions or conflicts that develop in the standards approval procedure; and
  • determining whether standards submitted to the Institute for approval or withdrawal as American National Standards meet the requirements of the Institute and acting on all requests for approval, reaffirmation, revision and withdrawal of American National Standards.

The ANSI BSR does not evaluate the content of standards and does not hear appeals with regard to technical issues. However, the BSR may hear an appeal with regard to whether a technical issue was given due consideration in accordance with the ANSI accredited standards developer's procedures and the ANSI Essential Requirements: Due process requirements for American National Standards.

Persons interested in participating as a member of the BSR should contact Anne Caldas at acaldas@ansi.org

Members and Officers

Committee Chair
Ms. Rita M. Harrold
Illuminating Engineering Society

Committee Vice Chair
Ms. Megan Hayes
Consumer Electronics Associates (CEA)

Mr. John Berninger
Parker Hannifin Corp.

Ms.Gabriela Davis
IAPMO

Mr. Steve Ferguson
ASHRAE

Ms. Deborah Prince
Underwriter Laboratories, Inc.

Mr. David L.Ringle
IEEE

Mr. John Sabelli, P.E.
Intertek ETL Semko

Mr. Michael Tierney
BHMA

Membership in the American National Standards Institute shall be a pre-requisite for participation on the ANSI BSR unless the Board of Directors specifically permits an interested party to participate without becoming a member of the Institute.

Organizational Structure

The BSR shall be composed of not less than nine nor more than eighteen members. Members shall be appointed for a term of three years and shall be eligible for reappointment for two additional 3-year terms. The maximum number of possible years of service is 12 (if the member is serving as chair or vice-chair).

The members of the BSR shall serve as individuals, not as members or representatives of any organization. The principal qualifications for membership shall be competence and the ability to render impartial judgment in the approval or withdrawal of American National Standards.

Operating Guidelines and Processes

The BSR follows the Operating Procedures for the ANSI Board of Standards Review.

The Board of Standards Review applies a basic set of criteria set forth in the ANSI Essential Requirements: Due process requirements for American National Standards to each standard that is a candidate for approval. Standards submitted without unresolved objections may be administratively approved by the BSR without further review. The BSR does not have jurisdiction over the standards of Audited Designators unless the Audited Designator chooses to submit one or more standards to the BSR for approval.

For more information and to review the Operating Procedures, click here

Meeting Calendar

The ANSI BSR meets four times a year.

For a schedule of upcoming meetings, click here.

[NOTE: Please enter BSR in the Key Word search field of the ANSI Online calendar of events.]

Document Library

Access to ANSI Board of Standards Review Document Library is restricted to ANSI BSR members only. For information about access to the Public Documents Library, click here.

Membership in ANSI

If you are not already a company member of ANSI, find out more about the benefits of ANSI membership.

For membership application forms, click here.

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Staff Contacts

Anne Caldas,
Secretary ANSI Appeals Board
Tel: 212.642.4914
Fax: 212.840.2298
e-mail: acaldas@ansi.org

Elizabeth Gonzalez
Recording Secretary, BSR
Tel: 212.642.8912
Fax: 212.840.2298
e-mail: egonzalez@ansi.org

Charlene Banks,
ANS Coordinator
Tel: 212.642.4978
Fax: 212.840.2298

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