Restricting access to select agents and toxins; security risk assessments.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) An individual or entity required to register under this part may not provide an individual access to a select agent or toxin, and an individual may not access a select agent or toxin, unless the individual is approved by the Administrator or the HHS Secretary following a security risk assessment by the Attorney General. (b) An individual will be deemed to have access at any point in time if the individual has possession of a select agent or toxin ( (c) Each individual with access to select agents or toxins must have the appropriate education, training, and/or experience to handle or use such agents or toxins. (d) To apply for access approval, each individual must submit the information necessary to conduct a security risk assessment to the Attorney General. (e) A person with valid approval from the HHS Secretary or Administrator to have access to select agents or toxins may request, through his or her Responsible Official, that the HHS Secretary or Administrator provide their approved access status to another registered individual or entity for a specified period of time. A responsible official must immediately notify the responsible official of the visiting entity if the person's access to select agents or toxins has been terminated. (f) An individual's security risk assessment may be expedited upon written request by the responsible official and a showing of good cause ( (g) An individual's access approval may be denied, limited, or revoked if: (1) The individual is wit

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 331.10