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Mission Statement |
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The Office of Animal Care and Use administers the NIH intramural program of Animal Care and Use. This includes managing the Animal Welfare Assurance and programs of compliance with the following laws, regulations and policies:
- Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Guide)
- Manual Chapter 3040-2 Animal Care and Use in the Intramural Program (MC 3040-2)
- Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy)
- U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research and Training
- USDA Animal Welfare Act and its implementing regulations
- International Transportation Standards and other applicable laws.
- Requires records of compliance from NIH components, assessing compliance and coordinating assurance with the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare;
- Maintains documentation relative to accreditation status of each NIH component and assembles NIH accreditation status reports;
- Serves as liaison with the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC);
- Plans and coordinates facility and management changes necessary to attain and ensure continuing compliance;
- Administers the NIH Animal Research Advisory Committee (NIH-ARAC) through which NIH Animal Care and Use Program policy is developed and Program oversight is directed;
- Administers the Interagency Research Animal Committee (IRAC);
- Drafts and coordinates implementation of Federal policies and guidelines on Animal Care and Use;
- Serves as interagency liaison between member Departments and other Federal offices and International bodies and organizations;
- Develops and administers Interagency and Cooperative Agreements for the purpose of conservation and supply of essential threatened experimental animals;
- Serves as principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS, the NIH Director and the NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research (DDIR) on all aspects of animal care and use in research;
- Provides liaison through the Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis to Presidential, Congressional and Departmental inquiries;
- Officiates at the Animal Program Directors and the Animal Program Advisory Committees, two senior operational Animal Care and Use advisory committees;
- At the request of the NIH Director and the DDIR serves on Departmental and interdepartmental committees addressing various issues with animal care and use components.
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This page is maintained by the Office of Animal Care and Use (OACU). Readers are encouraged to forward comments and suggestions to OACU at (301) 496-5424.
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