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Regulation Links (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
This table lists actions that do NOT require COMS involvement. However, your Biosafety Officer may be able to help you with compliance issues. Experiments that require COMS involvement are at this Link.

 

 

For work with:
Applicable Regulation
Links

Shipping: Excellent Shipping Manual from the University of New Hampshire
TRAINING IS A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT - Check with your Biosafety Officer

Exporting Biologicals US Department of Commerce export controls are designed to prevent sensitive items (and sometimes knowledge) from getting in the hands (and minds) of potential enemies. Violations are severely punished.

Call your Biosafety Officer for advice.
Department of Commerce Export Control Basics.
Stanford University has an excellent module on Export Regulations
Check the UNH Shipping Manual

Shipping Biologicals Within the US Several jurisdictions: CDC, USPS, DOT, IATA, .... Call your Biosafety Officer for advice
Check the UNH Shipping Manual
Shipping Biologicals Across State Lines. Interstate Shipments are governed by the US Department of Agriculture

Call your Biosafety Officer for advice
USDA Interstate Permit, Instructions

Receiving Biologicals from Abroad Importation often requires a permit from the Centers for Disease Control

Call your Biosafety Officer for advice
CDC Import of Pathogens

CDC Import Permit Application
USDA Import Permit Application

Hazardous Waste Massachusetts Regulation: Applies if you are discarding biological material. Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Regulations
Boston General Laboratory Registration Ordinance Fire Department regulation requiring all labs to provide information about hazardous materials to first responders. Registration of Laboratories in Boston
BFD Registration Guidelines
BFD Registration Form
Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESC)   "Presidential " regulations for hESC deny US Government funding for work with those generated after 9:00PM on 9 April 2001. US Government Regulations
Guidelines from the National Academy of Sciences (2007)

NAS ESCRO Guidelines

Embryonic Stem Cell Review Overview Committees (ESCROs) Harvard Provost's Office
Children's Hospital, Boston
Partner's Health Care (MGH, BWH)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Commonwealth of Massachusetts hESC law, 2005

Mass. hESC law
Mass. hESC Law Explained


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