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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 3307
BEINGS AND OTHER ORGANISMS;
(B) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FURTHER FINDS THAT
RESEARCH INVOLVING RECOMBINANT DNA MAY INVOLVE A INVOLVES
A POTENTIAL HIGH RISK NOT ONLY TO THOSE PURSUING SUCH
RESEARCH BUT TO THE POPULATION IS GENERAL; AND
(C) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FURTHER FINDS IT IS
ESSENTIAL IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST THAT THE HEALTH AND
WELFARE OF THE STATE BE PROTECTED BY REQUIRING THAT ALL
RESEARCH CONDUCTED WITH REGARD TO RECOMBINANT DNA COMPLY
WITH STRICT STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY.
893.
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.
(B) "RECOMBINANT DNA RESEARCH" MEANS RESEARCH ON
MOLECULES RESULTING FROM THE RECOMBINATION IN CELL FREE
SYSTEMS OF SEGMENTS OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID. MOLECULES
THAT CONSIST OF SEGMENTS OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID FROM
DIFFERENT ORGANISMS WHICH ARE JOINED TOGETHER IN
CELL-FREE SYSTEMS AND WHICH HAVE THE CAPACITY TO INFECT
AND REPLICATE IN SOME HOST CELL, EITHER AUTONOMOUSLY OR
AS AN INTEGRATED PART OF THE HOST GENOME.
(C) "PERSON" INCLUDES AN INDIVIDUAL, PARTNERSHIP,
ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, PRIVATE INSTITUTION AND OR
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
(D) "SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
MENTAL HYGIENE.
(E) "NIH" MEANS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
894.
PERSONS CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INVOLVING RECOMBINANT
DNA SHALL BE STRICTLY LIABLE, WITHOUT REGARD TO FAULT,
LIABLE FOR ALL INJURY TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY CAUSED BY
SUCH RESEARCH.
895.
PERSONS CARRYING OUT RECOMBINANT DNA RESEARCH SHALL
COMPLY WITH THE "RECOMBINANT DNA RESEARCH" GUIDELINES
ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND ANY
SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATIONS.
896.
A PERSON MAY SHALL NOT SOLICIT OR ACCEPT, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, ANY SPECIMEN FOR RESEARCH WHICH SHALL
INVOLVE ORGANISMS CONTAINING RECOMBINANT DNA OR CONDUCT
SUCH RESEARCH RESEARCH WITH SUCH ORGANISMS UNLESS THERE
IS IN EFFECT A LICENSE FOR SUCH RESEARCH ISSUED BY THE
SECRETARY.
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