What is an Accreditation Body (AB)?
Accreditation body is an ISO term that refers to organizations that have the responsibility for granting accreditations. Under NELAP, accreditation bodies must be offices within a territory, state or federal agency. The MDH Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program and its counterparts in other state or federal agencies are all accreditation bodies; however, not all accreditation bodies are NELAP-recognized. In order to gain recognition from NELAP, an organization must apply and must demonstrate compliance with the approved standard.
