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Animal Care Committee

 

Approved ACC Policy

Utilizing Designated Member Review

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Purpose

In order to comply with government regulations and simplify the approval process, the ACC has established a policy on the ability to utilize the Designated Member Review (DMR) for approval of new protocols.

Action

IF THE ORIGINAL FULL COMMITTEE REVIEW RESULT IS "MINOR MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED", THEN:

  1. The changes requested to the protocol are forwarded by the program coordinator to the Principal Investigator (PI) of the protocol.
     
  2. When the PI has responded to the request for changes, the critique, the PI's changes, and the revised protocol are placed into the shared folder in the month of the original review and are also sent to the reviewers (primary, veterinarian, research safety) of the protocol via email.
     
  3. When all three (3) reviewers have indicated in writing their approval of the change(s) to the program coordinator, the coordinator will complete the paperwork required to approve the protocol.

IF THE ORIGINAL REVIEW RESULT IS "DEFERRED", THEN:

  1. in exceptional circumstances, a vote may be taken at the ACC meeting that the subsequent, secondary review will be by the DMR process.
     
  2. The changes requested to the protocol are forwarded by the program coordinator to the PI of the protocol.
     
  3. When the PI has responded to the request for changes, the critique, the PI's changes, and the revised protocol are placed into the shared folder in the month of the original review and are also sent to the reviewers (primary, veterinarian, research safety) of the protocol via email.
     
  4. When all three (3) reviewers have indicated in writing their approval of the change(s) to the program coordinator, the coordinator will complete the paperwork required to approve the protocol.
     
  5. The designated reviewers may not subsequently disapprove the protocol  If the changes are not satisfactory to the designated reviewers, the protocol must be brought to a full committee for discussion.
     
  6. At any time in this process, any designated reviewer may request full committee review.

 

Effective Dates:  September 27, 2007 through September 26, 2010

 

This policy has been approved by a majority vote of the Animal Care Committee Members
Joseph Lorenzo, M.D., Chair, Animal Care Committee