To: 
From: 
Subject : 
Dr. William J. Gartland, Jr. 
Chairperson, IBC 
Response to questions in memo from Dr. Gartland (not dated) 
page two 
Does your IBC have other responsibilities at your institution? 
No 
Is it a general biosafety committee? 
No 
If not is it because of the way in which the NIH Guidelines are 
written, or is it because your institution has chosen to function this 
way? 
Prior to the publication of the Guidelines, Temple University had 
established a Biohazards Control Committee. This committee was 
charged with providing policy and procedures to control and regulate 
use of Biohazardous materials (toxic chemicals, chemical carcinogens 
and infectious agents) . With the publication and implementation of 
the Guidelines, the choice was made to establish a separate committee 
for Recombinant DNA research. At the present time the University 
Biohazards Officer is also the Biosafety Officer for Recombinant 
DNA committee. The committee and the BSO remain in place even though 
the current edition of the guidelines would permit deleting the BSO. 
The institution established a P-3 facility early on and at the 
present time no studies underway require this level of physical 
containment . 
As noted in response to question 5 a Pol. has elected to conduct his 
studies at a higher level than required by the guidelines. He will 
utilize the P-3 facility thereby acquiring physical containment at 
the P-3 level. 
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