Safety Council

Charge
The Safety Council reports to the Executive Council to provide guidance and recommendations on safety, health and security matters. The council's charge is to:

Identify safety needs for the institution and develop plans to implement activities that ensure that those needs are met.

Prescribe the collection of appropriate indicator data to measure outcomes of various UTHSC-Houston safety efforts.

Discuss and resolve issues where gaps in safety or emergency preparedness may arise or persist.

Provide reports, advice and recommendations to the Executive Council for consideration and action.

Representation
One member from Animal Care
One member from Auxiliary Enterprises
One member from Facilities Planning & Engineering
One member from Harris County Psychiatric Center
One member from Legal Affairs & Risk Management
One member from Medical School Health Services (student and resident health care)
One member from UT Employee Health
One member from UT Police
One member from each school
One student member
Others deemed appropriate and appointed by the President

Ex Officio Members
Chair, Chemical Safety Committee
Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee
Chair, Radiation Safety Committee
Chief Operating Officer designated representative
Compliance Officer
Vice President for Safety, Health, Environment & Risk Management
Director, Environmental Health and Safety

Term of Membership
Staggered three-year terms with one term expiring each year.

Chair: Dr. George Delclos, Faculty, School of Public Health, Division of Environmental & Occupational Health Services (term expires 2011)

Vice Chair: Dr. Ted Pate, Faculty, Medical School (term expires 2011)

Terms Expire August 31, 2009
Ms. Susan Parnell, Faculty, UT Health Services
Ms. Karen Parsons, Administrator, Legal Affairs and Institiutional Compliance
Dr. Linda Stafford, Faculty, School of Nursing

Terms Expire August 31, 2010
Mr. Charles Brunson, Staff, Auxiliary Enterprise
Capt. Thomas Engells, Staff, UT Police
Ms. Jamieson Greaver, Staff, Animal Care Center
Dr. Hualou Liang, Faculty, School of Health Information Sciences
Mr. C. E. (Gene) McCardle, Staff, Harris County Psychiatric Center
Dr. Unto Pallonen, Faculty, School of Public Health
Mr. Anthony Sutton, Student, Medical School

Terms Expire August 31, 2011
Ms. Mary Adkisson, Director, Dental Branch Clinical Services
Dr. Richard Bradley, Faculty, Medical School
Ms. Claire Brunson, Administrator, Medical School
Dr. Latanya J. Love, Faculty, Medical School

Ex Officio Members
Dr. Andrew Bean, Chair, Radiation Safety Committee
Mr. Bruce Brown, Director, Environmental Health & Safety
Dr. Robert Emery, VP, Safety, Health, Environmental & Risk Management
Mr. Richard McDermott, Chief Operating Officer's designated representive
Dr. Robert Janz, Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee
Dr. Anne Sereno, Chair, Chemical Safety Chair
Ms. Arlene Staller, Compliance Officer

Meeting Location:
OCB Longhorn Room

Meeting Frequency:
Six meetings per year, alternating months

Meeting Agenda
Contact EH&S at 713 500 8100 for information on current meeting agenda items

Meeting minutes
As a safety committee of a university health science center, the UTHSC-H Chemical Safety Committee is defined as a “medical committee” under the Texas Health and Safety Code Title 2, Subtitle H Chapter 161, Subchapter D Sec. 161.031, and as such, the meeting minutes are confidential (Sec. 161.032).