Criteria For Determining Who Needs
Biosafety Committee Approval
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (SIUC)
Principal Investigators (PIs) planning to carry out research or
teaching which may involve biological hazards shall submit a
written Memorandum of Understanding (MUA) application form to the
Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) for review and approval.
Studies which are designated Biosafety Level 1 are "exempt" from
Committee review and can usually be reviewed and approved solely
by the Biological Safety Officer (BSO). Researchers using any of
the following shall complete and submit an MUA application form
for review and approval:
»
Recombinant DNA
» Agents that are
potentially infectious for humans, animals or plants
» Toxins
» Human blood,
body fluids, or unfixed tissue
» Tissues, organ
or cell cultures of human origin
» Human gene
therapy
» Old World
primates or sheep; certain Old World primates can transmit
herpes B virus and sheep can transmit Coxiella burnetii, the
causative agent of Q-fever
For researchers working with potentially
infectious agents and human subjects or experimental animals, IBC
review is necessary in addition to review by the
SIUC Human Subjects Committee and/or the SIUC Animal Care
Committee.
Note: The Human Subjects and Animal Care Committees do not
consider biosafety issues during their respective reviews. They
rely on the Institutional Biosafety Committee to perform this
aspect of the review.
PIs whose research comes under the governance of any of the
following campus rules or governmental regulations are required to
complete a MUA, and where applicable, maintain a medical
surveillance program for laboratory employees:
»
NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
» International,
Federal and State Transport Regulations
MUA application forms and additional information
are available online at
http://www.cehs.siu.edu/Biological/IBC/.
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