The Biohazard Oversight Advisory Committee (BOAC) shall consist of representatives from University units which deal with biohazardous materials and biohazard regulations on a routine basis. The BOAC shall include, but not be limited to, representatives from academic units involved in environmental and health-related fields, service units involved in medical care, safety, and housekeeping, and physical plant units.

The primary mission of the BOAC shall be to recommend University-wide policy for dealing with biohazards. The BOAC shall fulfill this obligation to the university at large by:

1. Identifying biohazards in the university environment and assessing relative risks to University personnel;
2. Formulating reasonable biohazard policies and procedures to ensure the health and safety of University personnel exposed to biohazards and to ensure compliance with applicable government regulations to biohazards;
3. Transmitting biohazard policies and procedures to the University community, with particular attention to those constituency groups which are most affected;
4. Recommending training equipment and aids to familiarize applicable units with biohazards;
5. Implementing a system of review and approval for biohazard policies and procedures developed by individual units to ensure overall uniformity and compliance with applicable University standards;
6. Recommending reasonable sanctions for units not complying with approved biohazard policy.