Revision or amendment of a standard.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 15

(a) A published standard shall be subject to revision or amendment when it is determined to be inadequate by its Standing Committee or by the Department of one or more of the following reasons or for any other appropriate reasons: (1) Any portion of the standard is obsolete, technically inadequate, or no longer generally acceptable to or used by the industry; (2) The standard or any part of it is inconsistent with law or established public policy; or (3) The standard or any part of it is being used to mislead users or consumers or is determined to be against the interest of users, consumers, or the public in general. (b) A revision of a standard shall be considered by the Department to include changes which are comprehensive in nature, which have a substantive effect on the standards, which change the level of performance or safety or the design characteristics of the product being standardized, or which cannot reasonably be injected into a standard without disturbing the general applicability of the standard. Each suggestion for revision shall be submitted by the Department to the Standing Committee for appropriate consideration. The Standing Committee shall serve the same functions in the revision of a standard as the Standard Review Committee serves in the development of a new standard. The processing of a revision of a standard shall be dependent upon the age of the standard as computed from its effective date and shall be accomplished as follows: (1) A proposed revision

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 15:§ 10.11