Yale Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
Yale Biological Safety Committee

The Biological Safety Committee (the Committee) shall serve as the institutional Biohazards Committee (IB) as defined in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (NIH Guidelines). As such, the Committee shall review applications for research involving recombinant DNA to determine whether the facilities, procedures and practices meet the standards required by the University and the NIH. It shall, in addition, have the responsibility to certify annually to the NIH that such facilities, procedures and practices, and the training and expertise of personnel meet NIH standards. Meetings called for the purpose of such review and certification may be open to the public. Minutes of these meetings shall be kept and made available for public inspection.

The committee's responsibilities include:

• Registering laboratories and approving containment and procedures to be used.
• Advising facility users on policies related to biohazard containment.
• Updating laboratory registrations periodically.
• Determining the necessity for special medical monitoring.
• Advising Yale on the suspension of access privileges for staff found to be in violation of policies and procedures governing facility use.

For additional biosafety requirements, including required registrations, inspections, training and facility requirements please refer to the Office of Environmental Health & Safety's Biosafety Requirements web pages.