Ratifying documents

Answer:

"Ratify" means to make the document officially valid. In terms of ISO 9001, you need to withdraw all expired documents and issue new one with the new version number for each document. Also, for control of use of valid documents, we use List of Internal Documents https://advisera.com/9001academy/documentation/list-internal-documents/ where you have information about the valid documents, their name, version number and expiration time.

Also, all withdrawn documents must be labelled as such to avoid misuse and to make sure that the valid vesions of the documents are available on the place of use.

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/
- How to structure quality management system documentation https://advisera.com/9001academy/knowledgebase/how-to-structure-quality-management-system-documentation/
- Some Tips to make Document Control more useful for your QMS https://advisera.com/9001academy/blog/2014/05/20/tips-make-document-control-useful-qms/