Restricted Items

Yale University's policy on the purchase of restricted items (policy 3220), covers items subject to special safety or other regulatory requirements, whose purchase and handling are subject to special procedures. For the purpose of this policy, restricted items include certain highly hazardous materials, safety-critical equipment, radioactive materials, vertebrate animals, and controlled substances (i.e., scheduled drugs and certain drug precursors), and non-taxable ethyl alcohol.

University employees, staff, and students routinely use a variety of potentially hazardous materials in their work. Safe management of these materials is promoted through training and education programs and periodic safety inspections. However, a small subset of these materials requires greater scrutiny for regulatory and safety purposes. To ensure that this oversight is consistently provided without unreasonably interfering with operations and research, the University requires all individuals and departments with a legitimate need to purchase restricted items to do so in accordance with these procurement procedures.