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The United States in 1996 enacted a law entitled the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 which included a requirement for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a list of biological agents that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety and to establish regulations to address the transfer of such agents. These draft regulations were published in the Federal Register on 10 June 1996 and the final regulations published in the Federal Register of 24 October 1996 with an effective date of 15 April 1997; all transfers of the listed agents — — now known as the select agents -- must comply with the complete documentation and registration requirements on or after that date. The select agent and laboratory registration programme is administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Health and Safety located in Atlanta, Georgia. This chapter describes the select agent and laboratory registration program.
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United States, Public Law 104-132, Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 24 April 1996.
United States, Federal Register, Department of Health and Human Services, Additional Requirements for Facilities Transferring or Receiving Select Infectious Agents, Proposed Rules, Volume 61, No. 112, Monday 10 June 1996, 29327–29333.
United States, Federal Register, Department of Health and Human Services, Additional Requirements for Facilities Transferring or Receiving Select Agents, Rules and Regulations, Volume 61, No. 207, Thursday 24 October 1996, 55190–55200. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/lrsat/regmat.htm
The tabulation of mouse LD50 values is provided as Attachment 3 available at http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/lrsat/regmat.htm
CDC/NIH, Biosqfety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, Third Edition or Fourth Edition is available at the link shown on http//:www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/lrsat/applictn.htm
The supplement to the CDC/NIH, Biosqfety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, Fourth Edition is available as Attachment 5 available at http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/lrsat/regmat.htm
The procedure for the transfer of select agents using CDC Form EA-101 is set out in Attachment 6 EA-101 Instructions available at http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/lrsat/regmat.htm
The requirements for the importation of select agents are set out in Attachment 7 Importation of a Select Agent available at http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/lrsat/regmat.htm 9The instructions for obtaining import permits for etiologic agents is available through the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/imprtper.htm
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Richmond, J.R. (2002). The US Select Agent and Laboratory Registration Program. In: Dando, M.R., Klement, C., Negut, M., Pearson, G.S. (eds) Maximizing the Security and Development Benefits from the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. NATO Science Series, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0472-5_21
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