This SCC Requirements and Guidance Document is part of series of publications issued by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) that define the policy and operational requirements for core programs established in support of its mandate.

This Program Speciality Area – Test Method Development and Non-routine testing (PSATMDNRT) document provides an elaboration, interpretation and additional requirements to those requirements in ISO/IEC 17025:2017 that are required for laboratories involved in performing test method development and non-routine testing. It is expected that where no elaborations, interpretations or additional requirements are stipulated in this document for the elements of the standard, best scientific practices in the area of test method development and non-routine testing will guide the assessment process.