AWA Regulations & Standards

This section contains the most recently published regulations governing implementation and enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act. The provisions of the Act are administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


Animal Care Regulations:
(1-1-06 edition of Code of Federal Regulations published by the Government Printing Office)

Definitions
Regulations
Standards
Rules of Practice

Research Animal Protection

Overview of Existing System

U.S. GOVERNMENT

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
AWA Regulations & Standards
APHIS Animal Care Policy Manual
APHIS Research Facility Inspection Guide

Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)

Public Health Service Act (PHS)
PHS Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Good Laboratory Practice for Nonclinical Lab Studies (full text)

Department of Defense (DoD)

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Federal Interagency Programs

U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research & Training
USDA-NIH-FDA Memorandum of Understanding
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM)
National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicology Methods (NICEATM)
NIH Revitalization Act of 1993
ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 (PL 106-545, 42 U.S.C. 2851-3)

STATE GOVERNMENT

Overview of states laws affecting animal research facilities by type.

ACCREDITATION OF ANIMAL CARE PROGRAMS

Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS & CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)

Management Certification
Technician Certification

American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)

Veterinarian Specialty Board Certification

American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP)

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

Guidelines for Euthanasia

Association of Primate Veterinarians

Institute for Laboratory Animal Research of National Academies of Science

Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research

Certified Professional IACUC Administrator (CPIA)

Society for Neuroscience

Society of Toxicology

ANIMAL WELFARE POLICY STATEMENTS

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS

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