§ 13.11 High-Containment Research Laboratories: Registration.
RCNY § 13.11
(a)Registration. Every person operating a high-containment research laboratory in the City of New York must register such laboratory with the Department. Registrations will expire and must be renewed every three years. An entity or person registering with the Department must provide all the information requested by the Department on the registration form, including but not limited to: (1) Name, address and other contact information for the officers or persons in control of the operating entity; (2) Locations and biosafety level rating or ratings for each research laboratory operated by the registering entity; (3) Name, title and contact information of at least two designated persons who are individuals at the research laboratory designated to submit to the Department the reports required by 24 RCNY Health Code § 13.13, provided that one such designated person is the manager or other person in control of the research laboratory biosafety committee; and (4) A listing of all biological agents stored or used in each high-containment research laboratory at the time of registration. The listing must include the parent strain of the agent and any derivative strains identified by the high-containment research laboratory as having unique virulence or pathogenic potential.
(b)New facilities. Any person intending to operate a new high-containment research laboratory must register such laboratory according to this section before such laboratory commences operation.
(c)Changes in registration information. The registrant must notify the Department within thirty (30) calendar days of any changes to the information provided on the registration form that pertains to any select agent or high-risk agent. (Added City Record 6/15/2016, eff. 12/12/2016)
