(a) training and qualifications for individuals engaging in
recombinant DNA activities;
(b) personnel health monitoring programs;
(c) establishment of institutional committees to oversee such
activities; and
(d) periodic reports of the progress of such activities.
Regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be reviewed
periodically by the commissioner in light of current scientific
knowledge to determine their continued adequacy and appropriateness.
4. The commissioner shall by regulation, establish procedures for
application for a certificate to conduct recombinant DNA activity. All
proprietary information in applications or reports to the department by
persons certified pursuant to this section, not available to the public
or protected by a patent or copyright, shall be kept confidential.
5. The commissioner may approve or deny an application for a
certificate to engage in recombinant DNA activity or may approve it upon
such conditions as he shall prescribe.
6. The commissioner by regulation may prescribe reasonable fees for
certification, not exceeding the cost of administrative services
rendered by the department.
7. The commissioner shall, by regulation, provide for an abbreviated
certification process for the conduct of recombinant DNA activity which
is subject to, and which is in compliance with, policies and regulations
promulgated by any agency of the federal government for the regulation
of recombinant DNA activity.
8. No local authority shall enact or enforce any local law, ordinance,
rule or regulation which would regulate or restrict recombinant DNA
activity. Further, no local authority shall enact or duplicate any
provision of this article as local law, ordinance, rule or regulation.