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01 — Eligibility Screening
Confirm program scope, legal-market status, applicant identity and threshold documentation.
Certification Process
How IAARM certification works.
The certification lifecycle keeps intake, evaluation, review, decision, licensing, surveillance and appeals attributable and appropriately separated.
Lifecycle
Ten stages from eligibility to renewal.
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02 — Application & Agreement
Establish declarations, truthful-disclosure duties, program terms, fees and permitted information handling.
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03 — Completeness Review
Check technical, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, labeling and claim documentation before evaluation.
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04 — Independent Evidence
Use qualified testing or verification arrangements and documented sample controls where the scheme requires them.
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05 — Technical Evaluation
Assess every applicable requirement, record findings and require objective corrective evidence.
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06 — Review & Decision
Conduct an independent review and issue an authorized grant, refusal or other defined decision.
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07 — Scope & License
Control the exact product, entity, territory, channel, approved statement and validity conditions.
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08 — Material Approval
Review packaging and marketing uses of the mark before release when required by program rules.
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09 — Surveillance
Monitor material changes, complaints, public claims, market evidence, recalls and continued conformity.
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10 — Renewal or Enforcement
Reassess within the defined cycle and suspend, withdraw, expire or renew status according to evidence.
Applicant Responsibilities
Full, accurate and timely disclosure is mandatory.
Applicants are responsible for identifying all relevant entities, facilities, product variants, labels, claims, regulatory classifications, adverse information and changes that could affect conformity. Selective submission of favorable information is incompatible with the program.
Certification does not transfer legal or regulatory responsibility from the certified organization to IAARM.
Decision Integrity
Sales, training and sponsorship do not participate in certification decisions.
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Conflict Screening
Evaluators, reviewers and decision-makers declare relevant interests and recuse when impartiality may be impaired.
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Separation of Functions
The evaluator does not independently authorize the final certification decision for the same case.
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Reasoned Decisions
Decisions identify the approved scope, evidence, unresolved limitations, conditions, validity and authorized statements.