Regulatory Use of Standards: The Implications for Standards Writers

摘要

The purposes of this report are: (1) to help standards-writing organizations prepare standards that are acceptable to regulatory agencies for use in regulations or as an alternative to regulation; and (2) to suggest how regulatory agencies might improve their relationships with private sector standards organizations. The report describes how standards are used in regulatory programs and discusses the requirements imposed on agencies by administrative law. From this analysis, it is possible to make some general suggestions - for example: organizations writing standards for possible regulatory use should prepare an accompanying rationale and procedural history. The report summarizes complaints of standards organizations about regulatory agencies, and suggests how agencies might improve their relationships with standards organizations.