Overseeing Ultimate responsibility for proper implementation of procedures and practices involving the care and use of animals lies with the individual in whose name the protocol has been filed. This individual must be a faculty member. Recommendations for improvements or modifications to management or physical plant are forwarded by the ACC to the Vice Provost for Research. Action will be taken according to the nature, severity, duration, and repetitiveness of the offense. Animals may not be held outside defined holding facilities for periods exceeding 24 hours.
Central facilities are available to the entire Blacksburg campus.
Satellite facilities are directed, staffed, and operated by the user department or division. The procurement procedure should be designed to maintain standards of quality and disease control appropriate for that facility. Each facility will maintain an inventory of animals held and their sources of procurement. The ACC will review these inventories annually. Transfer of an animal from one Virginia Tech facility to another requires the approval of the Supervisor of the receiving facility.