Compliance Issues
Environmental Health & Safety:
Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) has the responsibility of regulating and developing policies and procedures to provide for a safe research environment at UF. Below are some notable topics that require EHS review and approval before commencing work. For complete details on these and other topics. including training opportunities please visit the EHS web site.
- EHS - Use of Biohazards and Recombinant DNA - The use of biohazards and recombinant DNA at the University of Florida is monitored by the Biological Safety Office within the Environmental Health & Safety Division. The same office regulates Recombinant DNA usage which is reviewed by the University Institutional Biosafety Committee.
- EHS - Use of Radioactive Materials and Radiation-Producing Devices - When radioactive materials or radiation-producing devices are involved in research, the procurement, storage, utilization and safety has to be approved by the Radiation Control & Radiological Services Department within the Environmental Health & Safety Division.
- EHS - Use of Select Agents - To work with Select Agents at the University of Florida approval must be obtained the Biological Safety Office within the Environmental Health & Safety Division.
Institutional Review Board: Animal Use (IACUC):
To ensure compliance with all regulations, policies and standards in place to protect animal welfare, IACUC members review all requests for approval to use vertebrate animals. You may not conduct any research using vertebrate animals without prior IACUC approval.
- DHHS Animal Welfare Assurance Number: A3377-01
- Please note that information on the IFAS Animal Review Committee (ARC) will be coming soon!
Institutional Review Board: Human Subjects (Most commonly used within IFAS):
The Behavioral/NonMedical IRB (IRB02) is responsible for reviewing and monitoring a subset of the research with human subjects conducted at the University of Florida. This board reviews research studies that involve: behavioral observations/recordings, non-invasive physiological recordings, analysis of documents that were previously gathered for nonresearch purposes, evaluation of behavioral/social interventions or manipulations, educational assessments, interviews, surveys, cognitive tests, and taste/food evaluations of wholesome food within FDA regulations.
All research involving human subjects is reviewed by the University through its IRB's to ensure that the subject's welfare and rights are protected as mandated by federal regulations. You may not conduct any research using human subjects without prior IRB approval.