Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3356 - Youngstown State University › Chapter 3356-10 - Policies on Admission, Retention, and Graduation standards › Section 3356-10-15 - Animal care and use

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Policy statement.
			 The university is committed to ensuring the humane care and treatment of all
			 animals utilized in research, teaching, and other activities in conformance
			 with, but not limited to, relevant federal and state regulations. All
			 activities involving animals are subject to review by the institutional animal
			 care and use committee ("IACUC"), regardless of funding or funding
			 source.
(B)
								Purpose. To ensure compliance with federal and state
			 regulations to humanely, efficiently, effectively, and legally use live
			 vertebrate animals in research, teaching, and other activities conducted on
			 behalf of the university.
(C)
								Scope. This policy applies to all YSU faculty, staff,
			 and students who work with vertebrate animals in research, teaching, and other
			 activities performed at the university or through
			 collaborations.
(D)
								Parameters.
(1)
									In accordance with the Health Research Extension Act of
			 1985, Pub. L. No. 99-158, the chief executive officer, i.e., the president, is
			 required to annually appoint an IACUC as specified by federal regulations. At
			 Youngstown state university the presidential authority to appoint the IACUC is
			 delegated to the director of the office of research services as the authorized
			 institutional official ("IO") of the university.
(2)
									The IACUC
			 provides oversight of the university's animal care and use program components
			 and facilities in accordance with the United States public health service
			 ("USPHS") policy on humane care and use of laboratory animals by the national
			 research council and the Animal Welfare Act by the United States department of
			 agriculture and their applicable laws and regulations.
(3)
									The IACUC is
			 charged with:
(a)
										Reviewing all new research and teaching projects and
			 activities that involve animals, as well as significant changes to the use of
			 animals in ongoing projects. This review process includes the authority to
			 approve, require modification, withhold approval, or suspend
			 activities.
(b)
										Conducting annual reviews and monitoring of previously
			 approved and ongoing protocols, including complete review at least every three
			 years and maintaining a process to suspend or terminate approval of research
			 that is not being conducted in accordance with the committee's requirements or
			 that has been associated with unexpected results.
(c)
										Overseeing and
			 reviewing the university's animal care and use program, training, and
			 inspection of all university's animal facilities at least
			 semi-annually.
(d)
										Reporting findings of the semi-annual animal care and
			 use program reviews and inspections and making recommendations about the
			 program and the animal facilities to the IO.
(e)
										Informing the
			 investigator(s) and IO in writing of the decision to approve or withhold
			 approval of the proposed activity involving the use of animals.