Discontinuing the Metallic Handcuffs Compliance Testing Program and Request for Public Comment on Draft Minimum Scheme Requirements to Certify Criminal Justice Restraints Described in NIJ Standard 1001.00, 63225-63226 [2016-22057]
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Discontinuing the Metallic Handcuffs
Compliance Testing Program and
Request for Public Comment on Draft
Minimum Scheme Requirements to
Certify Criminal Justice Restraints
Described in NIJ Standard 1001.00
National Institute of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs, Justice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
The National Institute of
Justice (NIJ) announces that it is
discontinuing the metallic handcuffs
Compliance Testing Program (CTP). The
program is closed to new submissions
effective upon publication of this notice.
The metallic handcuffs Compliant
Products List (CPL) will remain
published for an additional year until
September 14, 2017, after which time it
will be taken down. In place of the CTP,
NIJ has been working with conformity
assessment bodies to develop acceptable
criteria by which NIJ would recognize a
product certification scheme operated
by a certification body in the private
sector. NIJ seeks feedback from the
public on draft minimum requirements
that a product certification scheme must
contain for the certification of restraints
described in NIJ Standard 1001.00,
Criminal Justice Restraints Standard.
The draft minimum scheme
requirements are found in the
Supplementary Information below, as
well as in the document found here:
https://www.nij.gov/restraints. NIJ
anticipates recognizing certification
programs that meet or exceed the
minimum scheme requirements. NIJ
also anticipates provisionally
recognizing the certification program
established by the Safety Equipment
Institute (SEI), which is accredited by
the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) to ISO/IEC 17065
Conformity assessment—Requirements
for bodies certifying products, processes
and services. SEI added NIJ Standard
1001.00 to the scope of its accreditation,
with an effective date of October 7, 2015
valid through June 1, 2017. Further
guidance on recognition of this
certification program or others will be
published in the Federal Register at a
future date, to be determined. NIJ
Standard 1001.00, Criminal Justice
Restraints Standard, was published in
the Federal Register on November 19,
2014, and may be found here: https://
federalregister.gov/a/2014-27367.
SUMMARY:
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Comments must be received by
5 p.m. Eastern Time on October 14,
2016.
How to Respond and What to Include:
The draft minimum scheme
requirements are found in the
Supplementary Information below, or in
the document found here: https://
www.nij.gov/restraints. To submit
comments, please send an email to the
point of contact listed below, and
provide contact information with the
submission of comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Greene, Policy and Standards
Division Director, Office of Science and
Technology, National Institute of
Justice, 810 7th Street NW., Washington,
DC 20531; telephone number: (202)
307–3384; email address:
mark.greene2@usdoj.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following describes the minimum
requirements that a product certification
scheme must contain for the
certification of restraints described in
NIJ Standard 1001.00, Criminal Justice
Restraints Standard. A product
certification scheme includes the rules,
procedures, and management required
for carrying out product certification,
which involves the assessment and
attestation by an impartial third party
that fulfilment of specified requirements
has been demonstrated by a product.
This is discussed further in ISO/IEC
17067, Conformity assessment —
Fundamentals of product certification
and guidelines for product certification
schemes.
The following is intended primarily
for those considering becoming
certification scheme owners for the
purpose of certifying restraints, in order
to provide greater confidence to the
criminal justice end user community
that the restraints products conform to
the requirements specified in NIJ
Standard 1001.00. It includes minimum
reasonable expectations that a
certification body should meet in order
to operate a certification program for
restraints.
The following is also intended for
accreditation bodies that accredit
certification bodies which may be
considering certifying restraints to a
scheme that includes laboratory testing
of products to NIJ Standard 1001.00.
This document uses the following in
accordance with international
standards:
—‘‘shall’’ indicates a requirement;
—‘‘should’’ indicates a
recommendation;
—‘‘may’’ indicates a permission;
—‘‘can’’ indicates a possibility or a
capability.
DATES:
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Nothing in the following is intended
to create any legal or procedural rights
enforceable against the United States.
Moreover, nothing in the following
creates any obligation for conformity
assessment bodies to follow or adopt
this voluntary standard, nor does it
create any obligation for manufacturers,
suppliers, law enforcement agencies, or
others to follow or adopt voluntary NIJ
equipment standards.
1
Scope
1.1 This document describes the
minimum requirements that a product
certification scheme must contain for
the certification of restraints described
in NIJ Standard 1001.00, Criminal
Justice Restraints Standard.
1.2 This document includes
provisions for NIJ to file urgent
complaints with a certification body
regarding products it certifies to protect
criminal justice end users of restraints
products, such as police officers and
correctional officers, if NIJ believes that
a hazardous condition exists.
1.3 This document includes
provisions for NIJ to file urgent
complaints with an accreditation body
regarding conformity assessment bodies
it accredits in the certification scheme
to protect criminal justice end users of
restraints products, such as police
officers and correctional officers, if NIJ
believes that a hazardous condition
exists.
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Normative References
ISO/IEC 17000, Conformity
assessment—Vocabulary and general
principles
ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements
for the competence of testing and
calibration laboratories
ISO/IEC 17030, Conformity
assessment—General requirements for
third-party marks of conformity
ISO/IEC 17065, Conformity
assessment—Requirements for bodies
certifying products, processes and
services
ISO/IEC 17067, Conformity
assessment—Fundamentals of product
certification and guidelines for product
certification schemes
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, Principles
and rules for the structure and drafting
of ISO and IEC documents, Seventh
edition, 2016
NIJ Standard 1001.00, Criminal
Justice Restraints Standard
3
Terms and Definitions
For the purposes of this document,
the terms and definitions given in ISO/
IEC 17000, ISO/IEC 17065, ISO/IEC
17067, and NIJ 1001.00 apply.
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Scheme Requirements
4.1 The product certification scheme
shall follow the guidelines in ISO/IEC
17067.
4.1.1 The product certification
scheme shall be of scheme type 5 as
described in 5.3.7 in ISO/IEC 17067.
4.1.2 The scheme shall include
provisions for the certification body to
assess the client’s management system
and quality assurance processes upon
initial certification and during
surveillance.
4.1.3 The certification body shall
issue a mark of conformity to be
displayed on certified products in
accordance with ISO/IEC 17030.
4.2 Conformity assessment bodies
shall be accredited.
4.2.1 Certification bodies shall be
accredited to ISO/IEC 17065 by an
accreditation body that is a signatory to
the International Accreditation Forum
(IAF) Multilateral Recognition
Arrangement (MLA).
4.2.2 Certification bodies shall have
a scope of accreditation to include NIJ
1001.00.
4.2.3 Testing laboratories shall be
accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 by an
accreditation body that is a signatory to
the IAF MLA.
4.2.4 Testing laboratories shall have
a scope of accreditation to include NIJ
1001.00.
4.3 NIJ may request information
from the certification body.
4.3.1 NIJ may request in writing
directly from the certification body a list
of all actions taken against specified
current or previously certified products,
such as termination, reduction,
suspension, or withdrawal of
certification.
4.3.2 The certification body shall
provide in writing the information
requested by NIJ in 4.3.1 by the next
working day.
4.4 NIJ may bring urgent complaints
to the certification body.
4.4.1 NIJ may bring urgent
complaints regarding certified products,
or products believed to be certified,
directly to the certification body if NIJ
believes that a hazardous condition
exists.
4.4.2 Should NIJ bring an urgent
complaint to the attention of the
certification body, NIJ shall articulate
the complaint in writing.
4.4.3 The certification body shall
provide an expedited response in
writing to NIJ within five (5) working
days, articulating how it plans to
proceed with the urgent complaint,
including actions it may take to
determine the validity of the complaint,
and an estimated timeline to determine
the validity of the complaint.
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4.5 NIJ may request information
from accreditation bodies.
4.5.1 NIJ may request in writing
directly from an accreditation body a
list of all actions taken against a
conformity assessment body that it
accredits in the certification scheme,
such as termination, reduction,
suspension, or withdrawal of
certification.
4.5.2 The accreditation body shall
provide in writing the information NIJ
requested in 4.5.1 within five (5)
working days.
4.6 NIJ may bring urgent complaints
to accreditation bodies.
4.6.1 NIJ may bring urgent
complaints directly to an accreditation
body regarding conformity assessment
bodies that it accredits in the
certification scheme if NIJ believes a
hazardous condition exists.
4.6.2 Should NIJ bring an urgent
complaint to the attention of an
accreditation body, NIJ shall articulate
the complaint in writing.
4.6.3 The accreditation body shall
provide an expedited response in
writing to NIJ within five (5) working
days, articulating how it plans to
proceed with the urgent complaint,
including actions it may take to
determine the validity of the complaint
and an estimated timeline to determine
the validity of the complaint.
4.7 Accreditation bodies shall notify
NIJ of any changes in the accreditation
status or scope of accreditation of any
conformity assessment bodies in the
certification scheme.
4.7.1 Changes in accreditation status
include suspension, withdrawal, or
reduction of the scope of accreditation.
4.7.2 The accreditation body shall
notify NIJ in writing within five (5)
working days after such action is taken.
Nancy Rodriguez,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
[[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1725]
Discontinuing the Metallic Handcuffs Compliance Testing Program
and Request for Public Comment on Draft Minimum Scheme Requirements to
Certify Criminal Justice Restraints Described in NIJ Standard 1001.00
AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs,
Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) announces that it is
discontinuing the metallic handcuffs Compliance Testing Program (CTP).
The program is closed to new submissions effective upon publication of
this notice. The metallic handcuffs Compliant Products List (CPL) will
remain published for an additional year until September 14, 2017, after
which time it will be taken down. In place of the CTP, NIJ has been
working with conformity assessment bodies to develop acceptable
criteria by which NIJ would recognize a product certification scheme
operated by a certification body in the private sector. NIJ seeks
feedback from the public on draft minimum requirements that a product
certification scheme must contain for the certification of restraints
described in NIJ Standard 1001.00, Criminal Justice Restraints
Standard. The draft minimum scheme requirements are found in the
Supplementary Information below, as well as in the document found here:
https://www.nij.gov/restraints. NIJ anticipates recognizing
certification programs that meet or exceed the minimum scheme
requirements. NIJ also anticipates provisionally recognizing the
certification program established by the Safety Equipment Institute
(SEI), which is accredited by the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) to ISO/IEC 17065 Conformity assessment--Requirements for bodies
certifying products, processes and services. SEI added NIJ Standard
1001.00 to the scope of its accreditation, with an effective date of
October 7, 2015 valid through June 1, 2017. Further guidance on
recognition of this certification program or others will be published
in the Federal Register at a future date, to be determined. NIJ
Standard 1001.00, Criminal Justice Restraints Standard, was published
in the Federal Register on November 19, 2014, and may be found here:
https://federalregister.gov/a/2014-27367.
DATES: Comments must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on October 14,
2016.
How to Respond and What to Include: The draft minimum scheme
requirements are found in the Supplementary Information below, or in
the document found here: https://www.nij.gov/restraints. To submit
comments, please send an email to the point of contact listed below,
and provide contact information with the submission of comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Greene, Policy and Standards
Division Director, Office of Science and Technology, National Institute
of Justice, 810 7th Street NW., Washington, DC 20531; telephone number:
(202) 307-3384; email address: mark.greene2@usdoj.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following describes the minimum
requirements that a product certification scheme must contain for the
certification of restraints described in NIJ Standard 1001.00, Criminal
Justice Restraints Standard. A product certification scheme includes
the rules, procedures, and management required for carrying out product
certification, which involves the assessment and attestation by an
impartial third party that fulfilment of specified requirements has
been demonstrated by a product. This is discussed further in ISO/IEC
17067, Conformity assessment -- Fundamentals of product certification
and guidelines for product certification schemes.
The following is intended primarily for those considering becoming
certification scheme owners for the purpose of certifying restraints,
in order to provide greater confidence to the criminal justice end user
community that the restraints products conform to the requirements
specified in NIJ Standard 1001.00. It includes minimum reasonable
expectations that a certification body should meet in order to operate
a certification program for restraints.
The following is also intended for accreditation bodies that
accredit certification bodies which may be considering certifying
restraints to a scheme that includes laboratory testing of products to
NIJ Standard 1001.00.
This document uses the following in accordance with international
standards:
--``shall'' indicates a requirement;
--``should'' indicates a recommendation;
--``may'' indicates a permission;
--``can'' indicates a possibility or a capability.
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Nothing in the following is intended to create any legal or
procedural rights enforceable against the United States. Moreover,
nothing in the following creates any obligation for conformity
assessment bodies to follow or adopt this voluntary standard, nor does
it create any obligation for manufacturers, suppliers, law enforcement
agencies, or others to follow or adopt voluntary NIJ equipment
standards.
1 Scope
1.1 This document describes the minimum requirements that a product
certification scheme must contain for the certification of restraints
described in NIJ Standard 1001.00, Criminal Justice Restraints
Standard.
1.2 This document includes provisions for NIJ to file urgent
complaints with a certification body regarding products it certifies to
protect criminal justice end users of restraints products, such as
police officers and correctional officers, if NIJ believes that a
hazardous condition exists.
1.3 This document includes provisions for NIJ to file urgent
complaints with an accreditation body regarding conformity assessment
bodies it accredits in the certification scheme to protect criminal
justice end users of restraints products, such as police officers and
correctional officers, if NIJ believes that a hazardous condition
exists.
2 Normative References
ISO/IEC 17000, Conformity assessment--Vocabulary and general
principles
ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing
and calibration laboratories
ISO/IEC 17030, Conformity assessment--General requirements for
third-party marks of conformity
ISO/IEC 17065, Conformity assessment--Requirements for bodies
certifying products, processes and services
ISO/IEC 17067, Conformity assessment--Fundamentals of product
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, Principles and rules for the structure
and drafting of ISO and IEC documents, Seventh edition, 2016
NIJ Standard 1001.00, Criminal Justice Restraints Standard
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given
in ISO/IEC 17000, ISO/IEC 17065, ISO/IEC 17067, and NIJ 1001.00 apply.
4 Scheme Requirements
4.1 The product certification scheme shall follow the guidelines in
ISO/IEC 17067.
4.1.1 The product certification scheme shall be of scheme type 5 as
described in 5.3.7 in ISO/IEC 17067.
4.1.2 The scheme shall include provisions for the certification
body to assess the client's management system and quality assurance
processes upon initial certification and during surveillance.
4.1.3 The certification body shall issue a mark of conformity to be
displayed on certified products in accordance with ISO/IEC 17030.
4.2 Conformity assessment bodies shall be accredited.
4.2.1 Certification bodies shall be accredited to ISO/IEC 17065 by
an accreditation body that is a signatory to the International
Accreditation Forum (IAF) Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA).
4.2.2 Certification bodies shall have a scope of accreditation to
include NIJ 1001.00.
4.2.3 Testing laboratories shall be accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 by
an accreditation body that is a signatory to the IAF MLA.
4.2.4 Testing laboratories shall have a scope of accreditation to
include NIJ 1001.00.
4.3 NIJ may request information from the certification body.
4.3.1 NIJ may request in writing directly from the certification
body a list of all actions taken against specified current or
previously certified products, such as termination, reduction,
suspension, or withdrawal of certification.
4.3.2 The certification body shall provide in writing the
information requested by NIJ in 4.3.1 by the next working day.
4.4 NIJ may bring urgent complaints to the certification body.
4.4.1 NIJ may bring urgent complaints regarding certified products,
or products believed to be certified, directly to the certification
body if NIJ believes that a hazardous condition exists.
4.4.2 Should NIJ bring an urgent complaint to the attention of the
certification body, NIJ shall articulate the complaint in writing.
4.4.3 The certification body shall provide an expedited response in
writing to NIJ within five (5) working days, articulating how it plans
to proceed with the urgent complaint, including actions it may take to
determine the validity of the complaint, and an estimated timeline to
determine the validity of the complaint.
4.5 NIJ may request information from accreditation bodies.
4.5.1 NIJ may request in writing directly from an accreditation
body a list of all actions taken against a conformity assessment body
that it accredits in the certification scheme, such as termination,
reduction, suspension, or withdrawal of certification.
4.5.2 The accreditation body shall provide in writing the
information NIJ requested in 4.5.1 within five (5) working days.
4.6 NIJ may bring urgent complaints to accreditation bodies.
4.6.1 NIJ may bring urgent complaints directly to an accreditation
body regarding conformity assessment bodies that it accredits in the
certification scheme if NIJ believes a hazardous condition exists.
4.6.2 Should NIJ bring an urgent complaint to the attention of an
accreditation body, NIJ shall articulate the complaint in writing.
4.6.3 The accreditation body shall provide an expedited response in
writing to NIJ within five (5) working days, articulating how it plans
to proceed with the urgent complaint, including actions it may take to
determine the validity of the complaint and an estimated timeline to
determine the validity of the complaint.
4.7 Accreditation bodies shall notify NIJ of any changes in the
accreditation status or scope of accreditation of any conformity
assessment bodies in the certification scheme.
4.7.1 Changes in accreditation status include suspension,
withdrawal, or reduction of the scope of accreditation.
4.7.2 The accreditation body shall notify NIJ in writing within
five (5) working days after such action is taken.
Nancy Rodriguez,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
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