VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #R012

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Policy Order No: R012 Effective Date:

May 23, 2007

Revised:

February 10, 2012; October 28, 2013

Signature on File __________________________ Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O. Provost, Dean and Executive Vice President

Signature on File __________________________ James F. Wolfe, Ph.D., President __________________________________________________________________________________________

VCOM Policies and Procedures Governing Environmental Health & Safety __________________________________________________________________________________________

1. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY STRUCTURAL POLICY......................................................2 1.1. P URPOSE ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 1.2. P OLICY .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3. I NSTITUTIONAL E NVIRONMENTAL AND B IOSAFETY C OMMITTEE ................................................................ 2 1.4. R ESPONSIBILITIES ......................................................................................................................................... 3 2. INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE POLICY & PROCEDURES ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1. P URPOSE ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 2.2. A PPLICABILITY .............................................................................................................................................. 4 2.3. P OLICY .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.4. R ESPONSIBILITIES ......................................................................................................................................... 4 2.5. D EFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................................. 5 2.6. R EQUESTS FOR B IOHAZARD R EVIEW ............................................................................................................ 5 2.7. A PPROVAL P ROCEDURE ................................................................................................................................ 6 2.8. C OMPLIANCE ................................................................................................................................................. 6 3. POLICY REGARDING THE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS AGENTS AND TOXIC CHEMICALS...6 3.1. R ADIOACTIVE M ATERIALS ........................................................................................................................... 6 3.2. R ECOMBINANT DNA .................................................................................................................................... 7 3.3. E TIOLOGIC A GENTS I NFECTIOUS , P ATHOGENIC , O NCOGENIC A GENTS /M ATERIALS ................................... 7 3.4. H AZARDOUS AND T OXIC C HEMICALS .......................................................................................................... 7 4. POLICIES FOR TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ............................7 4.1. P URPOSE ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 4.2. D EFINITION ................................................................................................................................................... 8 4.3. P OLICY .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 4.4. R EDUCING H AZARDOUS M ATERIALS ........................................................................................................... 9 4.5. R ESPONSIBILITIES ......................................................................................................................................... 9 4.6. P ROCEDURES ............................................................................................................................................... 10

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