Certified copy

Certified copies let sites replace paper originals with scans, provided the copy is verified by a dated signature or a validated process. Monitors and auditors can then rely on the copy as source data.

copy (irrespective of the type of media used) of the original record that has been verified (i.e., by a dated signature or by generation through a validated process) to have the same information including data that describe the context, content, and structure, as the original

ISO 14155:2020, clause 3.7