ICES Purpose and Process
Today, operating under the strict rules and oversight of the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board, the International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES) is responsible for development of standards for the safe use of electromagnetic energy in the range of 0 Hz to 300 GHz relative to the potential hazards of exposure of humans, volatile materials, and explosive devices to such energy, standards for products that emit electromagnetic energy by design or as a by-product of their operation, and standards for environmental limits.
ICES follows an open consensus process, with a balance of disciplines and a balanced representation from the medical, scientific, engineering, industrial, government, and military communities. As of 31 August 2005, membership of the central governing and the technical committees (TC95 and TC34) stood at more than 150 professionals representing 26 countries. ICES strives to achieve consensus among all the stakeholders in the safe use of electromagnetic energy, thereby producing practical standards that are readily accepted and applied.
This PDF document, ICES Policies and Procedures, details how ICES operates.