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When Do I Need a Biosafety Permit?
Posting Date(s)
Under the UPEI Biosafety in Research and Teaching
Policy use
of the following types of material in research and teaching require a
biosafety permit:
- Organisms or materials classified under Risk Group 1, and organisms,
materials, or pathogens classified under Risk Group 2;
- Unfixed animal (or human) blood, tissues, cells and body fluids which
may be biohazardous;
- Non-indigenous entities (i.e. not known to be found in PEI), or life
forms (animals, plants, micro-organisms);
- Procedures involving large-scale (>10 L) production of
micro-organisms; and
- Genetically modified micro-organisms, animals, or plants.
Very low risk animal research and teaching projects may no longer require biosafety permits
See exemptions
For more information, please contact Dr. Rhoda J. Speare, biosafety officer
at (902) 620-5071 or rspeare@upei.ca.
