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Compliance Officer
The University of Maryland's Environmental, Safety and Health Management Policy (E,S&HMP) calls for the University to be a model of quality in environmental, safety and health practices. A critical linkage in the development of this level of quality is the College or Department Compliance Officer (CO).
The CO, by virtue of their special training and relationship to the Department of Environmental Safety, serves as the coordinator of those activities which support the E,S&HMP and the activities of the Policy and Operations Committees. The CO is appointed by the Dean, Chair or Department Head to represent the college or department in the coordination of environmental, safety and health activities. This includes the responsibility to notify the DES Director of instances, as perceived by the CO, that pose a hazard to the safety of faculty, staff, students and visitors, a threat to the environment and/or to university assets.
The number of COs per college or department will be determined by the Dean, Chair or Department Head based on the size and complexity of the facility and operations. It may be necessary to assign CO duties to more than one individual based on criteria such as number of laboratories, number of faculty and staff or number of buildings that the department occupies. [More]