ANSI Standards Developer
Accreditation Process

Here's what you do

• If any member of the ExSC (subject to conflict-of-interest procedures) offers negative comments or objections to your application or poses further questions, an attempt will be made to resolve the issue(s) with you.
• You will have the opportunity to provide a written response.
• If necessary, a recirculation ballot that includes the objection and your response would then be distributed to the full ExSC.

Here's what you need to know

The due process requirements and related guidance provided in Step 1 should be carefully reviewed alongside your documents to ensure that your application and procedures meet the provisions, intent, and spirit of ANSI's Essential Requirements.

Useful tips

Depending on the quality and comprehensiveness of your application documents, the ExSC may approve accreditation within three to five months from the time ANSI receives a completed application. Some of the issues that most commonly extend the process and delay a final accreditation decision may include:

• An applicant’s procedures do not address all of ANSI's requirements
• An applicant’s procedures are difficult to understand
• An applicant’s procedures do not clearly satisfy ANSI's patent policy, commercial terms and conditions policy, or antitrust policy
• An applicant’s appeals procedures are not satisfactory