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Select Agent Background Information and Web Sites |
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Laws and Regulations Governing the Shipment, Transfer, Possession and Use of Biological Materials
June 12, 2006 - Department of Commerce, Industry and Security Bureau, Rules, Export administration regulations: Commerce Control List — Biological agents and toxins controls expansion; medical products containing AG-controlled toxins clarification; Chemical Weapons Convention list update (.PDF)
June 2, 2006 - Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Hazardous Materials: Infectious Substances; Harmonization With the United Nations Recommendations; Final Rule (.PDF)
March 18, 2005- Final Rulefor Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins 42 CFR Part 73 (CDC/HHS) (.PDF)
March 18, 2005- Final Rule: Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Possession, Use, and Transfer of Biological Agents and Toxins 7 CFR Part 331, 9 CFR Part 121 (USDA/APHIS) (.PDF)
November 3, 2003 - Amendment to Interim Final Rule and Request for Comments, Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins 42 CFR Part 73 (CDC/HHS) (.PDF)
November 3, 2003 - Amendment to Interim Rule and Request for Comments - Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Possession, Use, and Transfer of Biological Agents and Toxins 7 CFR Part 331, 9 CFR Part 121 (USDA/APHIS) (.PDF)
CDC Final Interim Rule (December 13, 2002 -- in effect as of February 7, 2003) (Text) (.PDF)
CDC Select Agent Program Web Page
USDA/APHIS Final Interim Rule (December 13, 2002 -- in effect as of February 11, 2003) (Text) (.PDF)
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Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 4th Edition
Laboratory Security and Emergency Response Guidance for Laboratories Working with Select Agents
CDC Office of Preparedness and Response- Laboratory Information
CDC Office of Health and Safety (OHS)
USDA/APHIS Select Agent Program Web Page
USDA Veterinary Services
Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security
Import and Export Regulations
Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Rules: Revisions to Standards for Infectious Diseases
DOT Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
Public Health Security andBioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (PL 107-188) (Text) (.PDF)
Public Health Security andBioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (PL 107-188) Analysis
Summary of Title II of PL 107-188
Biological Weapons Statute - Title 18, Chapter 10 of the U.S. Code
February 7, 2005 - Legislative Update - Amendment to the Biological Weapons Statute
Section 6906 of the Intelligence bill, S. 2845, which passed in December 2004, added provision 175c to the Biological Weapons Statute (Title 18, Chapter 10) making it a crime to “knowingly produce, engineer, synthesize, acquire, transfer, directly or indirectly, receive, possess, import, export, or use, or possess or threaten to use, variola virus…” There is an exception for conduct by or under the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) authority. The definition defines variola virus as a “virus that can cause human smallpox or any derivative of the variola major virus that contains more than 85% of the gene sequence of the variola major virus or the variola minor virus.”
Expansion of the Biological Weapons Statute
USA Patriot Act of 2001
NIAID Restricted Persons Notice
Regulatory Alert: Notification of Possession of Select Agents Guidance Document and Form (August 6, 2002)
ASM's Biological Weapons Defense Resources Web Page |
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