As a further update in the accreditation and certification space, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) has published “IAF MD 11:2013 Application of ISO/IEC 17021 for Audits of Integrated Management Systems (IMS)”.
This Mandatory Document, which is applicable to the operations of certification bodies offering management systems certification and auditing was issued on 25 March 2013 with immediate application.
It provides the requirements for the application of ISO/IEC 17021 for the planning and delivery of audits of IMS and, if appropriate, the certification of an organization’s management system(s) against two or more sets of audit criteria/standards.
A copy of this Mandatory Document can be obtained as a free download from http://bit.ly/XeI9DG