IACUC Responsibility and Compliance: New Guide Changes, December 3-4, 2012
Co-sponsored with The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio USDA/APHIS/AC and the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare/NIH/DHHS.
Topics presented at this educational Winter Conference will help to fulfill the training requirements stated in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals 8th edition, 2011 that states “All personnel involved with the care and use of animals must be adequately educated, trained, and/or qualified in basic principles of laboratory animal science to help ensure high-quality science and animal well-being”. It will also address USDA/APHIS/AC Policy 15 that states ”IACUC members should be trained in understanding the Animal Welfare Act, protocol review and facility inspections.”
Special Needs: Individuals requiring special accommodations should contact the SCAW office prior to the meeting. SCAW is in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
2012 program to come soon
