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MDD-QMS Auditor Certification Prices
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Application Fee—All Grades (nonrefundable)
$49
Provisional Auditor Grade Certification Fee (Per Year)
$99
Auditor Grade Certification Fee (Per Year)
$199
Lead Auditor Grade Certification Fee (Per Year)
$249
Master Auditor Grade Certification Fee (Per Year)
$249
Plus, you can save even more with our multiple certification and senior discounts.
Certification Overview
The Certus Medical Device Quality Management System (MDD-QMS) auditor certification program has been developed to provide international recognition for auditors who conduct MDD-QMS audits of organizations based on ISO 13485:2016.
Organizations audited typically provide medical devices and related services, including those involved in one or more stages of the life-cycle, including design and development, production, storage and distribution, installation, or servicing of a medical device and design and development or provision of associated activities (e.g. technical support).
This certification is designed for:
- MDD-QMS auditors, such as those employed by third-party certification bodies/registrars or by purchasing organizations (second-party auditors)
- Medical device quality management practitioners, such as medical device quality management consultants, quality managers, and third-party certification managers
- Employees conducting medical device quality management system audits within their own organizations (internal audits)
Grades Available for the MDD-QMS Auditor Certification
A grade is a specific level within a personnel certification program that best describes the job role for that certification program. Available grades for the Certus MDD-QMS auditor certification are:
- Provisional Auditor: This grade is for people who have completed an auditor training course but have not yet met the auditor grade requirements. You may maintain provisional auditor certification for up to two years. After which, you must transition to a higher grade to maintain your certification. This is a good way to begin your auditing career as it gives you formal recognition of your training and knowledge.
- Auditor: For those who audit solo or as a member of an audit team.
- Lead Auditor: For those who lead audits and audit teams.
- Master Auditor: For experienced auditors with at least ten years of lead auditor experience. This grade is for senior audit professionals with an extensive history of conducting audits, but who may no longer lead teams or audit regularly. Master auditors may move into training, consulting, or management roles.
Training Requirement
All applicants for all grades are required to submit evidence of the successful completion of a management system-based auditor or lead auditor training course (e.g., ISO 13485 lead auditor course).
The course must be a minimum of 16 hours for auditors and 32 hours for lead auditors.
Certus does not provide training.
Examination Requirement
All applicants for all grades are required to successfully pass the Certus MDD-QMS auditor/lead auditor exam prior to certification. This will be administered online as part of your certification application.
Applicants must submit all required documents and successfully complete the knowledge exam within 60 days of submitting their application. Applications that are not completed within 60 days will be withdrawn. No refund of the application fee will be made. Applicants will have to re-apply and pay the respective application fee.
Professional Experience Requirement
The following professional experience is required:
- Provisional Auditor: None
- Auditor: At least two years’ work experience, with at least one year of work experience in medical device quality management.*
- Lead Auditor: At least five years’ work experience, with at least two years of work experience in medical quality management.*
- Master Auditor: At least ten years’ work experience, with at least ten years’ audit experience at a lead auditor grade.
*Work experience in medical device quality management may have been gained through one or a combination of the following: medical device quality management system implementation or maintenance or having worked in a medica device quality assurance/control/management role either as part of the organization or as a consultant.
Audit Experience Requirements
All applicants for all grades except provisional auditor are required to demonstrate the following audit experience:
- Provisional Auditor: None
- Auditor: You must have successfully completed a minimum of three medical device quality management system audits, amounting to a minimum of six days in total.
- Lead Auditor: You must have successfully completed a minimum of three full medical device quality management system audits as leader of an audit team, amounting to a minimum of nine days in total.
- Master Auditor: A minimum of ten years as a lead auditor.
Audits must have been completed within ten years of the date of application.