[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR1232.102]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1232_CARE AND USE OF ANIMALS IN THE CONDUCT OF NASA ACTIVITIES

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Sec. 1232.102  Policy.



    (a) It is NASA policy to require its laboratories and the 

institutions performing NASA-supported activities using animal subjects 

to comply with the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-544), as 

amended (Pub. L. 91-579, Pub. L. 94-279, and Pub. L. 99-198), 7 U.S.C. 

2131 et seq., and 39 U.S.C. 3001, and with the regulations promulgated 

thereunder by the Secretary of Agriculture (9 CFR subchapter A parts 1, 

2, 3, and 4) pertaining to the care, handling, and treatment of animal 

subjects held or used for research, testing, teaching, or other 

activities supported by the Federal government. Investigators shall 

follow the guidelines described in the National Institutes of Health 

(NIH) Publication No. 85-23 (Rev. 1985), ``Guide for the Care and Use of 

Laboratory Animals'' (the Guide) or subsequent revisions. Attention is 

called to the U.S. Government ``Principles for the Utilization and Care 

of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training'' on pp. 

81-83 of the Guide. In order to implement these guidelines and 

principles, investigators will comply with the revised Public Health 

Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals 

(hereinafter referred to as PHS Policy) effective November 1, 1986.\1\

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    \1\ Available from the Office of Protection from Research Risks 

(OPRR), National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 31, 

Room 5B59, Bethesda, MD 20892, Telephone 301-496-7005.

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    (b) This rule authorizes NASA to have the same authority for NASA-

supported programs as that delegated to PHS by the PHS Policy, including 

the functions and responsibilities of the Animal Care and Use Committees 

(ACUC's).

    (c) All research supported by NASA that involves activities using 

animal subjects shall be conducted under protocols that conform to this 

rule and that are reviewed and approved as prescribed in this rule.