---
kind: "unit"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
key: "subtB/chII/subchJ/part285"
level: "part"
label: "Part 285"
heading: "National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/subtB-chII-subchJ-part285"
sections_count: 16
---

# Part 285 — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program

Title 15 C.F.R. — Commerce and Foreign Trade › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade › Chapter II — National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce › Subchapter J — Accreditation and Assessment Programs

## Sections

- [§285.1. Purpose.](/cfr/15/285.1.md)
- [§285.2. Confidentiality.](/cfr/15/285.2.md)
- [§285.3. Referencing NVLAP accreditation.](/cfr/15/285.3.md)
- [§285.4. Establishment of laboratory accreditation programs (LAPs) within NVLAP.](/cfr/15/285.4.md)
- [§285.5. Termination of a LAP.](/cfr/15/285.5.md)
- [§285.6. Application for accreditation.](/cfr/15/285.6.md)
- [§285.7. Assessment.](/cfr/15/285.7.md)
- [§285.8. Proficiency testing.](/cfr/15/285.8.md)
- [§285.9. Granting accreditation.](/cfr/15/285.9.md)
- [§285.10. Renewal of accreditation.](/cfr/15/285.10.md)
- [§285.11. Changes to scope of accreditation.](/cfr/15/285.11.md)
- [§285.12. Monitoring visits.](/cfr/15/285.12.md)
- [§285.13. Denial, suspension, revocation, or termination of accreditation.](/cfr/15/285.13.md)
- [§285.14. Criteria for accreditation.](/cfr/15/285.14.md)
- [§285.15. Obtaining documents.](/cfr/15/285.15.md)
- [§285.16. Incorporation by reference.](/cfr/15/285.16.md)