Policies by Subject Area

Health & Safety

• 550-10: Smoke-Free Workplace

  Provides for a smoke-free campus policy to minimize health risk, improve the quality of air, and enhance the environment in all facilities.

• 550-12: Environmental Health and Safety Purchasing Standards

  Ensures that certain types of equipment meet minimum Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other regulatory standards.

• 550-17: Employee Health Services

  Delineates services provided by the Employee Health Service to comply with this mission.

• 550-19: Service and Assistance Animals

  Provides guidance with respect to presence of animals at UCSF.

• 550-20: UCSF Communicable Disease Surveillance and Vaccination Policy

  Identifies requirements for UCSF-wide surveillance and vaccinations to reduce the risk of exposure and transmission of communicable diseases at UCSF locations. 

• 550-21: UCSF Campus Communicable Disease Exposure Follow-up

  Assigns actions and responsibilities required for confirming a UCSF campus exposure to a communicable disease.

• 550-22: Tobacco-Free at Work

  Provides for a tobacco-free at work policy to minimize health risks, improve air quality, and enhance the environment at UCSF locations including the surrounding community.

• 550-23: Emergency Management

  Delineates campus, departmental, student, staff, and faculty responsibilities to ensure emergency preparedness and responsiveness.

• 550-24: Chemical Safety

  Establishes requirements and responsibilities for the safe use of hazardous chemicals in all facilities at UCSF. 

• 550-25: Drone Operations

  Promotes safe operations of drones and model aircraft while meeting the University’s regulatory compliance and reporting requirements.

• 550-26: Workplace Safety and Environmental Protection

  Delineates responsibilities for all UCSF employees, students, visitors, volunteers, and contractors to work safely, and to identify and correct hazards in the workplace.

• 550-27: Radioactive Drug Research

  Ensures necessary radiological and pharmacological safety for subjects who participate in certain research protocols using radioactive substances.

• 550-28: Radiation Safety

  Describes UCSF Radiation Safety Committee and responsibilities for the use of any and all sources of ionizing radiation at UCSF facilities.

• 550-29: Biosafety

  Ensures the safe conduct of research using infectious agents, select agents, and recombinant DNA technology.