[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 48CFR370.401]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                  CHAPTER 3--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 370_SPECIAL PROGRAMS AFFECTING ACQUISITION--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart 370.4_Acquisitions Involving the Use of Laboratory Animals

 

Sec. 370.401  Policy.



    (a) It is the policy of the Department of Health and Human Services 

(DHHS) and the Public Health Service agencies that no contract involving 

live vertebrate animals shall be awarded until acceptable assurance has 

been given that the activity will be subject to initial and continuing 

review by an appropriate Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee 

(IACUC) as described in the PHS Policy at IV. B. 6. and 7. An applicable 

Full Animal Welfare Assurance or Interinstitutional Agreement/Assurance, 

approved by the Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR), 

National Institutes of Health (NIH), shall be required of each 

contractor, subcontractor, or cooperating institution having 

responsibility for animal care and use involved in performance of the 

contract (see PHS Policy II., IV. A., and V. B.).

    (b) The OPRR, NIH, is responsible for negotiating assurances 

covering all DHHS/PHS-supported or DHHS/PHS-conducted activities 

involving the care and use of live vertebrate animals. Contracting 

officers shall be guided by



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OPRR regarding adequate animal care, and use, approval, disapproval, 

restriction, or withdrawal of approval of assurances (see PHS Policy V. 

A.).