ANS Development Process
6. Final Submission Via BSR-9 Form
6. Final Submission Via BSR-9 Form
Once consensus is achieved and the requirements of ACCT’s Accredited Procedures are met, the ACCT Board of Directors, acting on behalf of the ASD, will vote to submit a BSR-9 Form to ANSI. Along with the BSR-9 Form, ACCT will submit documentation of procedural compliance, including but not limited to all unresolved objections and how they were addressed.
HOW ACCT MEMBERS & STAKEHOLDERS CAN PARTICIPATE
- Request copies of the BSR-9 or supporting documentation to review ACCT’s handling of objections.
- Monitor Standards Action and ACCT communication channels for notification of the standards approval.
FINAL SUBMISSION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
No single interest group on the Consensus Body can control the decision-making. Balance across interest categories is required.
ACCT works to restore balance through outreach and recruitment from underrepresented interest categories.
By limiting any one interest group to no more than one-third of the body for safety-related standards.
RESOURCES
NEXT STEPS
ACCT STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
- ACCT’s Standards Development Process. Learn more about ACCT’s ACCT Standards Development Process. Digital resources, answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and information to help you learn when and how to get involved.
- Current ANS Development Project. Learn more about ACCT’s current Standards projects.
- ACCT Board of Directors. View roster, upcoming meetings, ACCT guiding documents, and minutes from previous meetings; register to attend an upcoming Board Meeting.
- ACCT Consensus Body. View roster of the ACCT Consensus Body, view meeting schedule and minutes, register to observe a meeting, and apply to be a Consensus Body Member.
- ACCT Accredited Procedures. Download Procedures for Organization, Development, and Maintenance of Challenge Course Standards by the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT), ACCT’s governing document for ANS Development.
- Frequently Asked Questions. A collection of the Standards FAQs from the pages in this section.
- ANSI Essential Requirements. View and download ANSI Essential Requirements.
- Understanding Standards Development Definitions and Acronyms. A guide to understanding common terminology, abbreviations, and acronyms found in the Standards Development Process.
- Contact the ASD. Submit requests for official interpretation, comments on a draft project, ideas for projects or revisions, and unsolicited feedback, suggestions, or errata.
Disclaimer. ACCT has created the following resources on its American National Standards (ANS) Development Process for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be policy or procedure, or to represent the sole way ACCT may develop standards. ACCT's ANS Development Process is guided by the ANSI Essential Requirements and ACCT's procedures, which may change from time to time.