Know Your IACUC's Reporting Requirements

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At least once every 12 months your institution is required to submit a report to OLAW, signed by the institutional official for animal welfare and institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) chairperson. The report includes the following.

• Changes in the institution's program of animal care and use.
• Change of institutional official or IACUC membership.
• Dates when the IACUC conducted its semiannual program evaluations and facility inspections.
• Minority IACUC views, i.e., serious dissenting opinions attached to required reports.

OLAW now strongly encourages institutions to send in their annual reports by January 31 for the previous calendar year.

Your institution sends the annual report as a PDF attachment to olawarp@mail.nih.gov, by fax to 301-915-9478, or by mail to:

Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
RKL1, Suite 360, MSC 7982
6705 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-7982 (Use this ZIP code for the U.S. Postal Service, including express mail.)
Bethesda, MD 20817 (Use this ZIP code for commercial carriers such as FedEx and UPS.)

Mail any follow-up reports of noncompliance, deviations, and IACUC suspensions to the address above.

Your institutional official for animal welfare must notify OLAW's Division of Compliance promptly at 301-496-7163 of any of the following:

• Serious or continuing noncompliance with PHS policy.
• Serious deviations from the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
• IACUC suspensions.

Send reports of noncompliance, deviations, or suspensions to olawdco@mail.nih.gov or by fax to 301-915-9466.

Resources

• Animals in Research portal

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