Dive Control Board

The mission of the SBU Diving Control Board (DCB) is to ensure that Stony Brook University sanctioned scuba diving is done as safely as possible. The Board will accomplish this mission by ensuring that all diving performed under the auspices of the University adheres to established training and safety standards for scientific diving. The Board will also promote the University’s subtidal research programs.

The DCB provides focus and guidance to the Diving Officer, and has the responsibility to establish and/or approve training programs and diving projects; recommend changes in policy and procedure; review and approve proposals for research that requires diving under SBU auspices; recommend new equipment or techniques; review, revise, and assure compliance with the diving safety manual.

The DCB also acts as a Board of Appeal to consider diver-related problems; periodically reviews the Diving Officer’s performance and program; takes disciplinary action for unsafe practices; suspends diving programs which it considers to be unsafe or unwise, and serves as a Board of Investigation to inquire into the nature and cause of diving accidents and violations of the SBU diving safety manual. The DCB is made up of faculty members, the SBU DSO, the University of Maine DSO, and a graduate student representative.

Dive Safety Officer

Board Members