The rule also requires CDC to inspect facilities seeking registration to determine compliance with the appropriate safety level requirements. If you use, plan to use or plan to transfer any of these three materials, please contact the Biological Safety Office at extension 1-2663 for consultation on registration procedures. A memo has been distributed to all deans, departmental chairs and directors explaining the application of this act to MCG researchers and users of any item listed in Appendix A to Part 72 - Select Agents. A copy of the Appendix was distributed with the memo. There are specific applications for each class of select agent.
Registration is valid for three years.
If you have select agents on site, but do not plan to transfer them off campus or outside of MCG, you needn t register these agents. For more information contact the BSO at ext. A recent incident in a University of Nevada, Reno lab raises concern for the overall awareness of everyone working with and around hazardous materials. The location and names of those involved are not important but the story is. Multiple factors combined to create a dangerous situation, culminating in a chemical spill.