[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR160.29]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 160_GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B_Organization and Personnel
 
Sec. 160.29  Personnel.


    (a) Each individual engaged in the conduct of or responsible for the 
supervision of a study shall have education, training, and experience, 
or combination thereof, to enable that individual to perform the 
assigned functions.
    (b) Each testing facility shall maintain a current summary of 
training and experience and job description for each individual engaged 
in or supervising the conduct of a study.
    (c) There shall be a sufficient number of personnel for the timely 
and proper conduct of the study according to the protocol.
    (d) Personnel shall take necessary personal sanitation and health 
precautions designed to avoid contamination of test, control, and 
reference substances and test systems.
    (e) Personnel engaged in a study shall wear clothing appropriate for 
the duties they perform. Such clothing shall be changed as often as 
necessary to prevent microbiological, radiological, or chemical 
contamination of test systems and test, control, and reference 
substances.
    (f) Any individual found at any time to have an illness that may 
adversely affect the quality and integrity of the study shall be 
excluded from direct contact with test systems, and test, control, and 
reference substances, and

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any other operation or function that may adversely affect the study 
until the condition is corrected. All personnel shall be instructed to 
report to their immediate supervisors any health or medical conditions 
that may reasonably be considered to have an adverse effect on a study.