The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) has recently approved a new policy (Policy #30) regarding animal activities that may or may not require an animal protocol.

 In summary:

• If the proposed activities do not fall under the criteria/requirements outlined in Sections A or B of the policy, the Principal Investigator (PI) must complete and submit a Determination form (the link to the form is provided in Section C of the policy) to the IACUC office.
• The IACUC office will communicate the response to the determination form to the PI via email.
• If the response indicates that an animal protocol is required, the PI must (1) submit an animal protocol in InfoED and (2) obtain IACUC approval before commencing any activities with live vertebrate animals.

Review the full policy.