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This policy establishes requirements for university-sanctioned scientific diving to ensure compliance with American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) standards. It provides resources for safe and efficient research diving and enables the University to maintain its OSHA Scientific Exemption. Compliance protects the welfare of faculty, staff, and students and prevents loss of AAUS membership, OSHA exemption, and potential funding or diving privileges.

The purpose of the Scientific Diving Standard is to ensure scientific research conducted under the auspices of the University is performed in a manner to protect employees and students from the hazards associated with scientific diving and develop procedures that employees and students must follow when performing research using scientific diving. Scientific diving at UNC-Chapel Hill is required to adhere to levels of training, safety and oversight established by the AAUS.