---
kind: "section"
citation: "23 C.F.R. § 637.205"
title: "23"
number: "637.205"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/23/637.205"
---

# §637.205. Policy.

- (a) **Quality assurance program.** Each STD shall develop a quality assurance program which will assure that the materials and workmanship incorporated into each Federal-aid highway construction project on the NHS are in conformity with the requirements of the approved plans and specifications, including approved changes. The program must meet the criteria in [§ 637.207](/cfr/23/637.207.md) and be approved by the FHWA.
- (b) **STD capabilities.** The STD shall maintain an adequate, qualified staff to administer its quality assurance program. The State shall also maintain a central laboratory. The State's central laboratory shall meet the requirements in [§ 637.209(a)(2)](/cfr/23/637.209.md?p=a-2).
- (c) **Independent assurance program.** Independent assurance samples and tests or other procedures shall be performed by qualified sampling and testing personnel employed by the STD or its designated agent.
- (d) **Verification sampling and testing.** The verification sampling and testing are to be performed by qualified testing personnel employed by the STD or its designated agent, excluding the contractor and vendor.
- (e) **Random samples.** All samples used for quality control and verification sampling and testing shall be random samples.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1307, Pub. L. 105-178, 112 Stat. 107; 23 U.S.C. 109, 114, and 315; 49 CFR 1.48(b).

### Source

Source: 60 FR 33717, June 29, 1995, unless otherwise noted.