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S-A-01-G:2002 - Section 4.1 to 4.4 [revised 2005-01-10]

4. Quality System Requirements

4.1 Management Responsibility

No guidance provided

4.1.1 Quality Policy

No guidance provided.

4.1.2 Organization

No guidance provided.

4.1.2.1 Responsibility and Authority

No guidance provided.

4.1.2.2 Resources

No guidance provided.

4.1.2.3 Management Representative

For the purposes of obtaining Measurement Canada accreditation, the management representative is also
responsible for ensuring that the organization:

continues to comply with the requirements of the applicable act and its associated regulations, policies, procedures and programs; including implementing any amendments that may occur; and
liaising with Measurement Canada on matters relating to the accreditation of the organization and its quality system.

A formal assessment would identify responsibilities that may conflict, and state how this possible conflict will be resolved. Responsibility or duty changes to the position of the management representative would prompt a new assessment following the above mentioned criteria.

4.1.3 Management Review

No guidance provided.

4.2 Quality System

4.2.1 General

The scope of S-A-01:2002 could expand as devices receive approval from Measurement Canada and
new technologies are developed.

Guidance applicable to Electricity and Gas

Section 1.2.2 of S-A-01:2002 standard has been expanded to include domestic and
larger capacity ultrasonic meters. Some points to note:

some ultrasonic gas meters are fully approved;
verification specifications are contained in PS-G-06 (rev 1) which was specifically developed to address domestic ultrasonic gas meters.

Guidance applicable to Weights and Measures

An accredited organization is not required to list the makes and models of devices in its quality management system documentation manual. However, the device manufacturer’s name, device model number and Measurement Canada Notice of Approval number are required to appear on the test report form that must be completed when an inspection is performed and a certificate is issued.

4.2.2 Quality System Procedures

Determining full compliance to this requirement is a two step process: documentation review and on-site audit. Program documentation (program procedures) submitted to Measurement Canada for documentation review should demonstrate a commitment to meeting the S-A-01 requirements. Technical procedures should reference the forms that are completed in the process. Evidence that the procedures are effective in meeting requirements is usually confirmed at the time of audit.

4.2.3 Quality Planning

No guidance provided.

4.3 Contract Review

4.3.1 General

No guidance provided.

4.3.2 Review

No guidance provided.

4.3.3 Amendment to a Contract

No guidance provided.

4.3.4 Records

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4.4 Design Control

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		Created: 2004-06-04 Updated: 2005-01-07	Top of Page	Important Notices