ISO 17025 latest version

If your question relates to laboratories that are currently accredited to ISO 17025:2005, currently the certificates of accreditation to the 2005 version are valid; however accredited laboratories must transition before their certificate expires or by the latest, 1 June 2021. Accreditation bodies will arrange assessments against ISO17025:2017 before the deadline. That means that they need to be in the process of meeting ISO 17025:2017 requirements; thus making the old version of the Standard obsolete.

If you are busy implementing ISO 17025 and have not yet applied for accreditation, then no, ISO 17025:2005 is not applicable. The laboratory must implement to meet ISO 17025:2017 requirements.

For further information see

• The whitepapers
  Clause-by-clause explanation of ISO 17025:2017 at https://info.advisera.com/17025academy/free-download/clause-by-clause-explanation-of-iso-17025/
  Checklist of mandatory documents required by ISO 17025:2017 at https://info.advisera.com/17025academy/free-download/checklist-of-mandatory-documents-required-by-iso-17025
• The ISO 17025 Toolkit at https://advisera.com/17025academy/iso-17025-documentation-toolkit/
• The ILAC News (11 June 2020) at https://ilac.org/latest_ilac_news/transition-period-for-iso-iec-17025-extended/