You must have an approved Institutional Facility Safety Plan on file with the USAMRMC. The current plan is valid from 08/02/2011 through 08/02/2016. (See Documents below, Stanford is listed as number 680).

Process

Faculty members receiving funding from the DOD must submit a Certificate of Environmental Compliance (CEC) and Assurance form to USAMRMC. 

EH&S must sign the certificate and submit the forms (with Project Title and PI's name inserted) along with the project proposal via email.

Upon review, the PI will be contacted with any outstanding issues. Once these are resolved, the form will be completed by EH&S and returned to the faculty member.

Allow for five working days for sign-off of forms.

You may be subject to special training requirements if you or your research team works with:

• chemicals
• biological agents
• radioactive materials
• Class 3 or 4 lasers
• blood, blood products, human and/or non-human primate
• cells (including tissue culture) or other potentially infectious materials
• compressed gas cylinders

You may also require additional training if you or your research team perform:

• repetitive tasks such as microscope use, pipetting, and miscellaneous hand tool use
• package and/or ship dangerous biological materials, or who package and/or ship packages containing dry ice
• package and/or ship hazardous materials (chemicals, etc.)

To determine which courses may be required for your lab, review the list of Required Training for Laboratory Workers (see the Related Items below).

You may be in violation of Federal Law and create a public safety hazard if you ship dry ice, hazardous materials, or any other “Dangerous Goods” unless you have received specific training and the material is properly packaged and labeled. The training and certification must be repeated every two years.

• To determine if your shipment may contain dangerous goods, and to determine appropriate training, use the Decision Tree: Is Your Shipment Regulated?
• "Dangerous Goods" include, but are not limited to, materials that are flammable, combustible, corrosive, reactive, oxidizing, toxic, radioactive, infectious, asphyxiating, elevated in temperature, or compressed, including aerosol cans. Dry ice is also regulated.
• If you are unsure whether your material is a "Dangerous Good" consult your MSDS, check with EH&S at 723-0448, and/or review the EH&S Hazmat Identifier Tool.