Biosafety Policy

BRIEF

Date	Revision	By Whom	Revision Description	Section(s) Affected	Change Type
1/2/2012	1	Wisherop	Rewrite for wiki	All	Minor
4/25/2012	2	King	Rewrite for wiki	All	Minor
9/4/2015	2.1	King	Periodic three-year review	All	Minor
8/17/2020	2.2	Zhu	Incorporated Cal/OSHA Aerosol Transmissible Diseases Standard as per 10 CFR 851 variance	All	Minor
9/8/2023	2.3	Zhu	Policy re-directed to the ES&H Manual Chapter 26	All	Editorial

Title:	Biosafety Policy
Document number	07.07.004.000
Revision number	2.3
Publication date:	9/15/2020
Effective date:	9/15/2020
Next review date:	9/14/2025
Policy Area:	Industrial Hygiene and Safety
RPM Section (home)	ESH
RPM Section (cross-reference)	None
Functional Division	EHS
Prior reference information (optional)	ES&H Manual, Chapter 26, Biosafety

7 CFR 331 and 9 CFR 121, Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
9 CFR Parts 92, 94, 95, 96, 122, and 130 (note especially Part 122, Organisms and Vectors), Importation of Etiologic Agents of Livestock, Poultry, and Other Animal Diseases; USDA/APHIS
10 CFR 851, Worker Safety and Health Program, Department of Energy (DOE)
42 CFR 73, Select Agents and Toxins, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
49 CFR 171.8, Definitions and Abbreviations; 173.134.1, Infectious Substance; and 173.6, Materials of Trade Exceptions, Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, fifth edition, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH)
California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 5199, Aerosol Transmissible Diseases
California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 5193, Bloodborne Pathogens
California Health and Safety Code, Sections 117600–118360, California Medical Waste Management Act

42 CFR 71, Foreign Quarantine, Part 71.54, Etiological Agents, Hosts, and Vectors; U.S. Public Health Service (PHS)
7 CFR 330, Federal Plant Pest Regulations; General; Plant Pests; Soil, Stone, and Quarry Products; Garbage, Importation of Plant Pests, USDA/APHIS
NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Federal Register (current version)
Laboratory Biosafety Manual, 2nd ed. (revised), Interim Guidelines, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva 2003, as applicable to biological etiologic agents