Bylaw of the Committee of Environmental Protection and Safety, NCU

(Approved on the 415th administrative meeting, Nov. 8th, 2004)

Article 1: (The purpose and basis)

For the faculty, staffs and students of the university to carry out the safety and health management of laboratory areas, and to prevent accidents from happening, and according to the fourteenth article of the Laborers' Safety and Health Law and the fourth article of the Management Measure of Toxic Chemical Materials for Academic Organizations, the Committee of Environmental Protection and Safety, NCU (named “this committee”) is established.

Article 2: (Responsibility of the Committee)

This committee is to discuss and coordinate all matters related to safe and health (including fire safety) among laboratory areas, environmental protection, and protection against toxic and radioactive chemicals. The main tasks of the committee are as following:

  1. Discuss relevant plans of safety, health, and environmental protection.
  2. Discuss implementation plans for education and training of safety and health.
  3. Discuss, coordinate and propose measures on danger prevention against machinery equipment and materials.
  4. Discuss the measures to be adopted on results of operational environment analyses.
  5. v. Discuss, coordinate and propose health management measures for personnel within laboratory areas.
  6. Discuss the safety, health and environmental protection plans of every institution, department and division.
  7. Discuss and revise the radiation protection plans and fire safety plans of the campus.
  8. Discuss, coordinate and propose the management of toxic chemicals.
    1. Stipulation and implementation of management regulations involving toxic chemicals.
    2. Stipulation of danger prevention and emergency measures against toxic chemicals, in accordance to relative regulations.
    3. Ratification of the importing, exporting, storage and final managing steps of toxic chemicals within every unit, and application for licenses from relative authorities.
    4. Compilation and reporting of records on the operation of toxic chemicals.
  9. Supervise the treatment of waste materials.
  10. Other related items in the discussion of safety, health and environmental protection.

Article 3: (Members of the Committee)

The committee is made up by the following members:

  1. Chief committee member: The President of NCU.
  2. Assistant chief committee member: The Vice President (assigned by the President).
  3. Committee member and administrative secretary: Director of the Center of Environmental Protection & Safety.
  4. Natural committee members:
    The Deans of the Office of Academic Affairs, the Office of Student Affairs, the Office of General Affairs, and the Research and Development Office; the Deans of colleges and the Director of the Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering.
  5. Elected committee members:

    Each of the following units is required to elect one representative member:
    The Research Center for Space and Remote Sensing, the Center for Optical Sciences, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, Department of Life Science, Graduate Institute of Optical Sciences, Department of Chemicals & Materials Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, and other units recognized by the committee.

    Elected committee members are elected by the above units and are appointed by the chief committee member.

Article 4: (Terms of service of the committee)

The natural committee members, who serve as functions of office, should be replaced according to the alterations of duties. The term of service is two years, allowing continuance of service if re-elected.

Article 5: (Summoning of committee meeting)

The committee is to hold a meeting every three months, and provisional meetings whenever in need. The chief committee member is in charge of summoning and should serve as the chairperson; when the chairperson cannot attend, the assistant chief committee member should replace his position of duty.

The following personnel are also required to attend meetings when necessary: supervisors of safety and health (senior supervisor of laborer's safety, supervisor of safety and health, fire prevention caretaker), supervisors of environmental protection (supervisors of radiation protection and toxic chemical management), and other related personnel.  

Article 6: (The promulgation and implementation of meeting contents)

The content of meetings within the committee will be distributed to related units after ratification by the chief committee member. The Center of Environmental Protection & Safety is in charge of setting resolutions of meetings into action.

Article 7: (The implementation and revision of bylaw)

This bylaw is to be applied after approval of administrative meeting and ratification of the President of NCU. Revision of the bylaw is to undergo the same procedures.