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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