Faculty Handbook

SUNY College of Optometry

Faculty Handbook 2022-23

INSITUTIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND USE COMMITTEE (IACUC) Reviewed May 2019

PURPOSE: Concurrent with an approved Assurance of Compliance with The Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) and the US Department of Agriculture, a board, to be known as an 'Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee', will be appointed with a purpose to review all biomedical and behavioral research, regardless of funding, in which non-human animal subjects are participants to assure that all state and federal guidelines for the protection of animal subjects have been observed. The actions of the IACUC must comply with the requirements of the Assurance of Compliance and the federal Office of Laboratory Animal Protection (OLAW) guidelines. PRINCIPLE REPORTING LINK: Director of the GCVR/associate dean for Graduate Studies and Research (as designated by the Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs). The director/associate dean serves as the Institutional Officer for research programs. MEMBERSHIP: • Appointed for three-year terms by the president after consultation with the associate director of the GCVR/dean for Graduate Studies and Research, and the Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs. • The chair of the IACUC should be a highly respected individual from within the institution and shall be appointed annually by president in consultations with the associate dean and Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs. • The Committee will consist of at least five members including the chair: • One member shall be a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; • At least one member shall be a practicing scientist; • One member shall be a non-scientist; and • At least one member from the community at large who is not a member of the institution and is not part of the immediate family of a person affiliated with the institution. SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS: The function of this committee is: • To assure that state and federal regulations (PHS) which govern the care and use of laboratory animals are observed. • Report all decisions regarding approval, revision, or non-approval of written IACUC proposals to the associate dean for Graduate Studies and Research for oversight and enforcement. The associate dean can provide resources and approval for any IACUC recommended proposal, but cannot do such for any non approval proposal. • Maintain records as required by OPHS guidelines.

DECISION MAKING: Decisions will be made based upon a majority vote of those present.

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