Animal Care Committee
Approved ACC Policy
Animal Training Requirements
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Animal Care Committee Approved ACC Policy |
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The Animal Welfare Act, Animal Welfare Regulations, and PHS Policy require institutions to provide training for all personnel engaged in animal research to include, but not limited to, the following: Principal Investigators (including those who do not work directly with animals), research associates, post-doctorate fellows, students, animal facility personnel, and IACUC members.
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, at the Health Center known as the Animal Care Committee (ACC), is charged with ensuring that ll personnel who use animals are adequately trained.
1. All new personnel who require animal use training must contact the ACC office (ooacc@uchc.edu) to schedule attendance at a 3-hour core lecture series on vertebrate animal use.
2. Continuing training will be accomplished by web-based training. The UCHC will be using CITI training for continuing education in laboratory animal use. Details on how to access training is maintained on the CLAC/ACC website (http://clacc.uchc.edu/Training/Onlinetraining.htm).
3. Additional training in specific procedures may be required and will be scheduled through the Center for Laboratory Animal Care (CLAC). For individuals using USDA-regulated species, procedural training must be documented on the Animal Training Record form located on the ACC website (http://clacc.uchc.edu/ACC/SubmittingProtocols.htm). Please refer to the ACC Policy on Training Requirements When Using USDA Regulated Species (http://clacc.uchc.edu/ACC/Policies/TrainUSDA.htm).
4. The ACC office will be responsible for notifying all personnel who require continuing training and informing personnel on what on-line course(s) must be completed and the date the training must be completed by.
5. The ACC office will be responsible for documenting all training activities of animal users at the Health Center.
6. No person shall attempt to work with animals until they have completed the required training. Failure to obtain approved training constitutes non-compliance with this policy.
7. Individuals who do not complete the required training by the due date will have their access privileges to CLAC facilities withdrawn and protocols may be suspended at the discretion of the ACC.
8. Principal Investigators who do not complete the required training by the due date may have their approved animal care protocol(s) suspended at the discretion of the ACC.
Effective Dates: April 26, 2007 through April 25, 2010
This policy has been approved by a majority vote of the Animal Care Committee
Members
Joseph Lorenzo, M.D., Chair, Animal Care Committee