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Membership Resources
| IACUC Membership | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees |
- Legal
- Animal Welfare Act and Regulations USDA Animal Care Blue Book
- See Animal Welfare Act § 2143 (b) Research facility Committee; establishment, membership, functions, etc. (page 15/157)
- See Animal Welfare Regulations 9 CFR Chapter 1 Subchapter A—Animal Welfare § 2.31 - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). (page 42/157)
- Health Research Extension Act of 1985 Public Law 99-158 See Section 495 (b) 2.
- Public Health Service Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals for institutions receiving funding from U.S. Public Health Service agencies. See IV A 3. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (page 11).
- Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 8th edition. See page 24--IACUC Constitution and Function.
- Animal Welfare Act and Regulations USDA Animal Care Blue Book
- USDA
- Animal Welfare Inspection Guide See chapter on “Research Facility Inspection–IACUC Requirements and Protocols.”
- USDA Animal Care Policy #15 Institutional Official and IACUC Membership.
- NIH
- OLAW
- IACUC Composition, Functions and Authority Answers to questions on membership criteria, alternates, nonscientific and nonaffiliated members, quorums, reimbursement of nonaffiliated member, and meeting attendance.
- Tutorial: PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals—The IACUC Membership
- Sample Animal Welfare Assurance for Domestic Institutions—describes how to fill out IACUC member’s roles when writing the assurance document. See Section III.C Institutional Program for Animal Care and Use and Section VIII. Membership of the IACUC.
- New CEO, new IACUC? A Word from OLAW and USDA.
- Alternate IACUC Members: What Are the Rules? A Word from OLAW and USDA.
- Alternate members
- A Word from OLAW and USDA. Confidentiality & conflict: can one member serve two IACUCs? (PDF)
- Animal Research Advisory Committee
- OLAW
- International Perspective
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Membership of ethics committees
- Lay Members includes resources for lay members
- Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC)/Canadian Federation of Humane Societies-Manual for Community Representatives
- Council of Europe-Guide for Research Ethics Committee Members
- Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations, Principles and Practice in Ethical Review of Animal Experiments Across Europe See page 22 for Participation in ethical review: expertise and perspective.
- Korean Animal Protection Law Article 14. Establishment Of Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee
- University of Capetown, South Africa—Animal Ethics Committees Terms of Reference and Standard Operating Procedures
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Membership of ethics committees