The Chemical Safety Committee serves in an advisory and consultative capacity to the President and the Vice President for Research, and to work with the Environmental Health and Safety Office in matters pertaining to the safe receipt, use, storage, and disposal of hazardous chemicals, review safety standards involving chemicals prior to promulgation and execution, review plans for chemical safety programs (those required and/or those not required by law or by granting/contracting agency) in order to determine their applicability to the research/training function of the Health Science Center; in matters pertaining to the safe receipt, use, storage, and disposal of hazardous chemicals; and to serve as an avenue of appeal in cases of dispute and exception.
