The Institution shall appoint a BSO who shall be a member of the MUSC Biosafety Committee, and whose duties shall include, but need not be limited to:

1. Ensuring through periodic inspections that laboratory standards are rigorously followed;

2. Reporting to the IBC and the Institutional Official or his/her designee all significant problems with and violations of the Guidelines and all significant research-related accidents and illnesses of which the BSO becomes aware unless the BSO determines that the Principal Investigator has done so;

3. Ensuring that each laboratory has emergency plans for dealing with accidental spills and personnel contamination, and investigating research laboratory accidents.

4. Providing advice on laboratory security;

5. Providing technical advice to the Principal Investigator and the IBC on research safety procedures.