RPM | REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES MANUAL

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    Title:

    Biosafety Policy

    Publication date:

    9/15/2020

    Effective date:

    9/15/2020

    BRIEF

    To Read the ES&H Program Details, Go To: ES&H Manual Chapter 26

    Contact Information: Biosafety Officer, EHS Division

    Title:

    Biosafety Policy

    Publication date:

    9/15/2020

    Effective date:

    9/15/2020

    POLICY

    To Read the ES&H Program Details, Go To: ES&H Manual Chapter 26

    Contact Information: Biosafety Officer, EHS Division

    Revision History

    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 

    DOCUMENT INFORMATION

    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

    Source Requirements Documents

    • 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

    Other Driving Requirements

    • 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



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