Introducing new document to the QMS

Do I need to have approved first to my third party accreditation body before I can use the form?

Answer:

When introducing new document to your QMS, you need to follow your own procedure for document control. This procedure should define who approves the documents prior to their use.

The documents do not have to be sent to the third party for approval unless they are created after the third party identified the nonconformity and the document is part of the corrective action. In this case the document should be sent to the third party as an evidence of resolved nonconformity.

For more information, see: New approach to document and record control in ISO 9001:2015 https://advisera.com/9001academy/blog/2015/06/30/new-approach-to-document-and-record-control-in-iso-90012015/