Description: Ensuring laboratory operations comply with authorities that establish regulatory programs or enforce law for all US labs.

Terminal Competency:

Ensure compliance of laboratory operations.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Determine jurisdictional authority.

2. Comply with laws/regulations.

3. Recognize liabilities associated with non-compliance.

4. Evaluate proposed laws/regulations.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies,contact IFPTI.

*For the purpose of this section “personnel” includes full-time, part-time, exempt, contractors, volunteers, interns, Fellows, visiting scientists, and emergency workers.

Description: Authorizations for personnel to work in a laboratory.

Terminal Competency:

Oversee laboratory personnel authorizations.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Determine jurisdictional requirements for personnel to work in the laboratory.

2. Develop laboratory-specific employment policies.

3. Recognize liabilities associated with non-compliance.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies,contact IFPTI.

Description: Credentials and authorizations that may be required to operate the laboratory.

Terminal Competency:

Oversee required credentials/authorizations.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Summarize the relevant laboratory credentials/authorizations.

2. Evaluate changes or updates to existing requirements.

3. Provide input into proposed requirements.

4. Recognize liabilities associated with non-compliance.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: Compliance with operational safety requirements.

Terminal Competency:

Ensure compliance with operational safety requirements.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Advance a culture of safety.

2. Identify safety regulations and codes.

3. Identify laboratory-specific safety plans.

4. Affirm that the laboratory safety program is compliant.

5. Affirm that the laboratory safety program is effective.

6. Recognize liabilities associated with non-compliance.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: Compliance with quality systems.

Terminal Competency:

Ensure compliance with quality systems.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Advance a culture of quality.

2. Identify quality standards.

3. Affirm that the laboratory quality management system is compliant.

4. Affirm that the laboratory quality management system is effective.

5. Recognize liabilities associated with non-compliance.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: Protecting and preserving information and the identity and authenticity of evidence.

Terminal Competency:

Manage the protection of data/evidence.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Advance a culture of security in the laboratory.

2. Identify security regulations and codes.

3. Identify the laboratory-specific security plans.

4. Affirm policies to maintain evidentiary integrity.

5. Affirm policies to maintain data security.

6. Affirm that the laboratory security program is compliant.

7. Affirm that the laboratory security program is effective.

8. Recognize liabilities associated with non-compliance or loss of evidentiary integrity.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.