New & Revised Policies

University Policy 601.15 , Control and Management of University Equipment and Other Property

This University Policy was revised to clarify and emphasize the University's responsibility to protect and preserve all University Property. Such revisions include provisions requiring that all University employees have the obligation to report actual or attempted arson, damage, theft, embezzlement, or misuse of any State-owned personal property, buildings or other real property. These revisions are partly in response to heightened scrutiny of state agency loss-control measures by North Carolina Executive Branch officials.

University Policy 101.16 , Research Appointments

In these revisions 1) the term "Research Postdoctoral Fellow" has been changed to "Postdoctoral Fellow;" 2) the word "should" has been changed to "must" to reflect the requirement that Postdoctoral Fellows hold a doctoral degree or the equivalent; and 3) language has been added to clarify the process for hiring Postdoctoral Fellows.

University Policy 102.9 , Senior Academic and Administrative Officers

This University Policy was revised to reflect the "College of Nursing" name change to the "College of Health and Human Services."

University Policy 714, Biosafety

The revisions to this University Policy emphasize and better define how the biosafety process is managed on campus by addressing

1. Institutional committee responsibility for approval, registration, use, handling, and management of biohazardous agents and recombinant DNA molecules;
2. Investigator responsibility for approval, registration, possession, and use of biosafety level 2 agents, biosafety level 3 agents, Select Agents, and recombinant DNA;
3. Responsibilities of the Office of Research Services; and
4. The list of biohazardous agents designated as "Select Agents" in the Code of Federal Regulations. That list is provided as Attachment A to the policy statement.  UNC Charlotte currently does not use or contemplate use of any Select Agents.  If a request for use of a Select Agent arises in the future, procedures must be implemented to comply with federal regulations applicable to that group of agents.