Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB)

A board that evaluates the competency and reliability of registrars (organizations that assess and register companies to the appropriate ISO 9000 series standards and to the ISO 14000 environmental management standard). RAB provides ISO course provider accreditation. Formed in 1989, RAB is governed by a board of directors from industry, academia and quality management consulting firms and by a joint oversight board for those programs operated with the American National Standards Institute (see listing).