Registered Biosafety Professionals (RBPs)
List of Registered Biosafety Professionals
Note to RPB Applicants from the
Evaluation Board for Registration
The initial step in registration is to complete and submit the application. Your application must show that your education and experience will make you eligible for registration as a Registered Biological Safety Professional (RBP). It is, therefore, most important that your application furnish sufficient detail to enable the Examining Board to make an adequate appraisal.
All directions must be followed. Failure to complete all parts of the application or failure to provide all of the necessary details will delay the evaluation of your application.
After the Examining Board has reviewed and evaluated your application, you will be notified with regard to the outcome.
There will be a maintenance fee of $15 for ABSA members and $25 for non-ABSA members for each calendar year after approval.
Registered Biosafety Professional (RBP)
A RBP is an individual with a documented university education plus specialized training in relevant biological safety disciplines who has submitted the application and been found to be eligible for registration by the ABSA Evaluation Board for Registration. The RBP understands sufficient cell biology, pathogenic microbiology, molecular genetics, immune responses of hosts, and concepts of infectious transmission to enable them to apply safeguards to work with biohazardous materials.
Forms:
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Application for Registration (PDF 110KB)
Biological Safety Experience (PDF 73KB)
Professional Reference Questionnaire (PDF 87KB)
Professional Development Course Work (PDF 161KB)
RBP Registration Maintenance Program
A Registration Maintenance (CM) Program has been implemented in order to assure that RBPs maintain their professional qualifications. The CM Program requires RBPs to participate in professional development activities in addition to biological safety activities encountered through their daily job function. RBPs must meet the requirements of the CM Program to maintain their RBP registration.
All new RBPs will start their five-year cycle on January 1 of the year following their approval as RBPs (e.g,. a person approved after Jan 1, 2009 would not need to start accumulating CM points until January 1, 2010).
RBP Registration Maintenance Program(MS WORD, 968KB)RBP CM Cycle Assignments(PDF, 12KB)
RBP Reregistration Worksheets(MS Word, 968KB)
Application for CM Credit(PDF, 20KB)
Professional Development Activities approved for RBP/CBSP-CM Credit(PDF, 100KB)
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