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2002
Select
Agent Regulations Summary and Phased-in Effective Dates - MIT updates from December 2002 [PDF - 386k]
Select
Agent Provisions of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (Title II, Sections 201-231)-Enacted
June 12, 2002 [PDF - 110k]
On June 12, 2002, a new federal law, the "Public Health Security
and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act" was passed
to protect against the use of select biological agents in bioterrorism.
The law applies to MIT and to individuals at MIT who possess, use,
transfer or have access to certain select biological agents and
toxins.
The new law requires the Secretaries of Health and Human Services
and Agriculture to adopt regulations by mid-December: (1) formally
expanding the existing list of CDC select agents and toxins, (2)
requiring institutions and individuals who possess, use or transfer
such agents to register with the Secretaries and to implement related
training, safety and security measures, (3) requiring the US Attorney
General to perform background checks on such individuals and on
anyone who will have access to listed agents, and (4) requiring
registered institutions and individuals to deny access to listed
agents to anyone who does not pass the background check (including
anyone who is a "restricted person" under the USA Patriot
Act). The USA Patriot Act's prohibition against "restricted
persons" (defined in the Patriot Act) possessing, shipping,
receiving or transporting/transferring covered select agents continues
to apply to individuals. For more information see the above PDF.
2001
The USA Patriot Act :Post September 11 Federal Law - Governing
Lab Security and Select Agents
USA Patriot
Act Information Sheet: Some U.S. Laws Biological Agents/
Toxins. [PDF - 114k]
USA Patriot Act Self Assessment
Questionnaire [PDF - 90k]
Appendix A to Part 72 Select Agents - A List of "select agents"
and exemptions under the 1996 Anti-terrorism and Effective Death
Penalties Act. [PDF - 104k]
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