Volume 8 · Issue 3 · March 2003

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The ISO 9001:2000 PSI IDEAS Q&A—Document Control

The PSI IDEAS Q&A is aimed at providing a variety of perspectives on requirements of ISO 9001:2000 and the challenges they present to users. Question 10 is: Does the "review and re-approve" specified in Subclause 4.2.3, Control of Documents, mean that an organization must engage in a periodic (e.g., annual) review and re-affirmation of all procedures, work instructions and other controlled documents? What are some ways that organizations are documenting this review and re-approval? How are registrar’s auditors interpreting what 4.2.3b) represents? What evidence would be required?