Before any person can participate in any A&S work activity, their supervisor must ensure the following procedure is completed if they are a volunteer.

• Notification of the volunteer planning to work in A&S facilities submitted with the following information:
  • the volunteer's email address (link blue account if applicable)
  • name
  • date of birth
  • start date and expected end date
  • status (e.g. student from <location>, etc)

• Emergency Contact Form completed and submitted

• University of Kentucky Assumption of Risk and Waiver of Liability Form completed, signed by all applicable parties, and submitted

• Research Volunteer Agreement completed/signed and submitted

• If volunteer is under the age of 18:
  • Minors on campus instructions completed (all documents here must be submitted to UK Risk Management) if applicable
    • for more information on the above, please read UK AR 6:12

All items above must be submitted via a hiring authorization form (https://resources.as.uky.edu/hiring-authorization-form), whether the individual is paid or unpaid, prior to the volunteer gaining access and/or performing work. The supervisor should keep the originals for their files and submit an electronic copy to their department.

If the volunteer will be working in a wet research lab, please follow this link for that procedure.