Health and Safety
Policies by Topic - Health and Safety
| Title | Excerpt | Category | Policy Issued | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roof Access | This policy seeks to reduce the inherent risks and dangers that building rooftops can present by limiting building rooftop access to Authorized Persons only. | All Policy Topics, Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff, Students | 10/19/2023 | 10/19/2023 |
| Service and Assistance Animal | The purpose of this policy to articulate the conditions under which Service and Assistance Animals are permitted access to University grounds and facilities. | All Policy Topics, Health and Safety, University Organization, Culture, and Ethics | Faculty, Staff, student | 3/17/2023 | 3/17/2023 |
| Face Covering Policy | Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff, Students | 8/16/2021 | 10/18/2022 | |
| Vehicle/Driver Requirements | This policy covers requirements for the use of university vehicles. USC reserves the right, at its discretion, to prohibit any individual from driving a university vehicle, or to prohibit an employee from driving a personal vehicle for university business. | Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff | 11/15/2017 | 10/12/2023 |
| Unmanned Aerial Systems (drones) | Due to potential risks to safety, security and privacy, USC generally prohibits operations of an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS; commonly known as a drone) on or above USC property or in connection with a USC-sanctioned or affiliated event or activity, including commercial, recreational, hobbyist, or other uses. | All Policy Topics, Health and Safety, Research | Faculty, research, Staff, Students | 3/1/2016 | 2/15/2023 |
| Tailgating | Tailgating before a football game is part of the rich heritage that makes Trojan Game Day special. This policy provides guidelines to help ensure a safe, family-friendly game day environment, and applies only to USC’s University Park Campus – not the Coliseum or other facilities. However, both tailgating, and open containers, are strictly prohibited at USC Village. | Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff, Students | 8/15/2017 | 9/10/2021 |
| Smoke Free Policy | The university is committed to promoting a healthy, safe and comfortable environment for all students, faculty, staff and visitors. Smoking is prohibited in all indoor and outdoor facilities on university owned and leased property with no exception, including within vehicles parked on those properties. | Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff, Students | 1/10/2017 | 4/8/2022 |
| Research Personnel Protection | Safety is a core value at USC. The university is committed to advancement of an institutional safety culture, with strong programs of personal safety, accident and injury prevention, wellness promotion, and compliance with applicable environmental and health and safety laws and regulations. | All Policy Topics, Health and Safety, Research | Faculty, research, Staff, Students | 7/2/2020 | 2/15/2023 |
| Protecting Minors | The university is committed to promoting the safety and wellbeing of students and others who are entrusted to our care or visit our campuses, especially those who are particularly vulnerable, including patients, volunteer subjects of research, and the children in our daycare and community outreach programs. | All Policy Topics, Health and Safety, University Organization, Culture, and Ethics | Faculty, Staff, Students | 6/25/2018 | 8/31/2023 |
| Minors in Laboratories and Shops | USC encourages and actively promotes creative education, hands-on workshops, and the mentoring of minors (children under 18) who attend educational events on USC campuses. | All Policy Topics, Health and Safety, Research | Faculty, research, Staff | 6/30/2020 | 2/15/2023 |
| Mandated Reporters | California law designates USC employees with certain positions as “mandated reporters” (defined below and in Appendix A). | All Policy Topics, Health and Safety, Research | Faculty, research, Staff | 11/1/2015 | 2/15/2023 |
| Injury and Illness Prevention | USC is committed to excellence in environmental health and safety stewardship on our campuses and in the larger USC community. This policy outlines safety responsibilities and requirements placed on all USC personnel (faculty, staff, students, contractors, and volunteers)—to support injury and illness prevention, maintain a safe and healthful workplace, and ensure individual and institutional compliance with relevant environmental health and safety regulations. | All Policy Topics, Health and Safety, Research | Faculty, research, Staff, Students | 7/30/2013 | 2/15/2023 |
| Hazardous Waste Management (Environmental Management) | The purpose of this policy is to protect the health and safety of university faculty, staff, students and visitors through safe handling and disposal of chemical, infectious, and radioactive wastes; to reduce the potential environmental liabilities and costs of hazardous waste disposal; and to help ensure that hazardous wastes are disposed of in accordance with all applicable regulations. | All Policy Topics, Health and Safety, Research | Faculty, research, Staff, Students | 3/15/2004 | 2/15/2023 |
| Emergency Management | The university recognizes the need to prepare for unexpected events such as natural or human-caused disasters, as well as the need to return the university as quickly as possible to its normal operations should such events occur. | Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff, Students | 9/15/2016 | 2/16/2022 |
| COVID-19 Vaccination Program | The purpose of the COVID-19 Vaccination Program is to protect and support the health and safety of the USC Community including the University’s faculty, staff, students, and patients. | Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff, Students | 4/26/2021 | 6/2/2023 |
| COVID-19 Testing Policy | To protect and support the health and safety of the USC Community by surveillance testing faculty, staff and student populations for potential COVID-19 infection, and to use this information to prevent, reduce, track and contain the transmission of COVID-19 at USC. | Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff, Students | 5/3/2021 | 8/22/2022 |
| Campus Access | The university reserves the right to restrict or prohibit access to university property and to prohibit certain activities on campus. | Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff, Students | 1/14/2013 | 1/14/2013 |
| USC Drug-Free | The Federal Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988 and the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act and its amendments of 1989 (Public Law 101-226, 20 U.S.C. 1011i) require all federal grant recipients to certify a drug-free environment. | Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff, Students | 2/7/2019 | 11/28/2023 |
| Violence-Free Campus and Workplace | The university’s goal is to enhance the safety of all USC campuses, facilities, activities, and events so that students, faculty, staff, patients and visitors can work, learn and receive health care in an environment free from violence and threats. | Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff, Students | 7/30/2013 | 8/31/2023 |
| Pets on University Property | The intent of this policy is to maintain the university as a productive, safe, and clean environment in which to study, conduct research, work and visit. | Health and Safety | Faculty, Staff, Students | 2/1/2006 | 2/1/2006 |