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17.1 Verification validity period (current status in G)
Multi-function balances (including chair and wheelchair scales)
in hospitals
4 years
Multi-function balances, when not located in hospitals (for
example, doctor's offices and nursing homes)
unlimited
Baby weighing scales and mechanical birth weight scales
4 years
Bed scales
2 years
Scales in dialysis stations
unlimited
Rehab clinics and health authorities are treated as hospitals
(4 years of verification validity)
Not treated as hospitals (verification validity not limited) are dialysis stations, nursing
homes and doctor’s surgeries.
(Data source : ”Bureau of Standards News, Weighing Instruments in Medicine“}