Animal Care Committee
Approved ACC Policy
Utilizing Designated Member Review
for New Protocol Submissions
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Animal Care Committee
Approved ACC Policy for New Protocol Submissions |
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In order to comply with governmental regulations and to simplify the review process, the ACC has established a policy on the ability to use the Designated Member Review (DMR) on new protocol submissions.
1. New protocols will be reviewed by the ACC coordinator to see if they meet the review criteria for a DMR protocol. 1
2. If a protocol meets these criteria, it will be assigned a primary (scientific), a veterinary, and a safety reviewer. These individuals will act as agents of the ACC and can require and perform any function of the ACC with the sole exception of withholding approval of a protocol. Only a full committee vote may do that.
3. Notification of the submission of the protocol will be sent to the entire committee on Thursdays to allow everyone the chance- for the following Friday- to call for a full committee review of the protocol.
4. Written reviews are expected from DMR reviews and are posted in the shared folder in the same manner as Full Committee Reviews (FCR). These reviews are forwarded to the Principal Investigator and the subsequent DMR review process is the same as the FCR review process.
Exceptions require the approval of the ACC Chair.
Designated Member Review Full Committee Review
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Pain/Distress Level |
B and/or C |
D and/or E |
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Species |
Non-USDA regulated |
USDA regulated |
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Invasiveness
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Euthanasia only (tissue harvest) Breeding/holding protocols Injections Routine blood collections Minor surgery Non-survival surgery
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Survival surgery Death as an Endpoint Prolonged restraint Food/fluid restriction Any exceptions to the regulations
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Effective Dates: November 17, 2005 through November 16, 2008
This policy has been approved by a majority vote of the Animal Care Committee
Members
Joseph Lorenzo, M.D., Chair, Animal Care Committee