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State, Local, Private, and Commercial Laboratory Compliance With Select Agent Regulations

This summary report was published by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. It summarizes the results of our reviews of eight State, local, private, and commercial laboratories’ compliance with select agent regulations during various periods from November 2003 to September 2005.

Author:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Publish Date:
January 2008

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Public Health and Medical Preparedness

Presidential Directive Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21 (HSPD-21) Signed: October 18, 2007 This directive establishes a National Strategy for Public Health and Medical Preparedness (Strategy), which builds upon principles set forth in Biodefense for the 21st Century (April 2004) and will transform our national approach to protecting the health of the American people against all  Read More »

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USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005

The Act was intended as a renewal of 16 sunset provisions scheduled to expire December 31, 2005 contained in the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 signed into law October 26, 2001, by President George W. Bush as Public Law 107-56.

Author:
United States Congress
Publish Date:
Jan 3 2006

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Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins

“This document establishes a final rule regarding possession, use, and transfer of select agents and toxins. The final rule implements provisions of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 and is designed to protect public health and safety. In a companion document published in this issue of the Federal Register,  Read More »

Author:
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Publish Date:
Mar 18 2005

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Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins— Reconstructed Replication Competent Forms of the 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus Containing Any Portion of the Coding Regions of All Eight Gene Segments

“We [the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] are adding reconstructed replication competent forms of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus containing any portion of the coding regions of all eight gene segments to the list of HHS select agents and toxins. We are taking this action for several reasons. First the pandemic influenza virus of  Read More »

Author:
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Publish Date:
Mar 18 2005

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