In my recent travels I encounted a Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation certificate for an independent lab. The cert had no expiration date. Appended to the cert was this from PJLA:
Is this a legitimate practice?
This letter is to confirm that you have successfully completed your accreditation assessment. A certificate has now been granted and posted on our website. As you are aware, PJLA will no longer be issuing expiration dates on our certificates. Your certificate # [Redacted] will remain valid as long as you continue to maintain your annual assessments and reaccreditation assessments as stated in your customer agreement with PJLA. At this time, we have confirmed that your annual assessments will be conducted during the month of March each calendar year. This will include an interim surveillance assessment and a full system reassessment to be completed by March 2015. Once your reassessment is conducted and approved by our accreditation committee a revised status letter will be provided to you. Please allow PJLA at least 120 days from your assessment due date to issue this letter.
Please feel free to release this letter to any interested parties as confirmation of your certificate validity. Also, please remind them that your certificate is posted on our website at all times.
Any changes in regards to your accreditation status will be reflected on our website.
Please feel free to release this letter to any interested parties as confirmation of your certificate validity. Also, please remind them that your certificate is posted on our website at all times.
Any changes in regards to your accreditation status will be reflected on our website.