Re: [PSES] Safety requirements in US

[Doug Powell]

Ultimately, everything goes up to the Code of Federal Regulations, CFR. These are the law of the land.  You can find the regulations that both OSHA and CPSC follow there. In turn, each state has their own ‎set of laws, for example in my home state are the Colorado Revised Statutes, CRS. Usually all these can be found online at no charge. All the best, ‎Doug From: Kevin Robinson Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 2:47 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Reply To: Kevin Robinson Subject: Re: [PSES] Safety requirements in US Scott,  In the US, the regulations rounds on the type of product and where it will be used.  For example: If the product will be used in the workplace then Osha NRTL regs apply.  If the product will be used in the home or around schools, then CPSC regs apply.  If the product is a medical device then FDA regs apply Most products fall under multiple regulators as for example, a hospital is both a medical space as well as a workplace.  Thankfully, most us regulations reference voluntary consensus standards so one round of testing will often satisfy all safety regulators.  Kevin Robinson Get Outlook for iOS _____________________________ From: Scott Xe <scott...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 1:30 AM Subject: [PSES] Safety requirements in US To: <emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org> Within EU, most of electrical products are covered by LVD and GPSD.  In US, which body, law and standards are responsible for the similar regulatory? - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at:http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com>