[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1232.106]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1232_CARE AND USE OF ANIMALS IN THE CONDUCT OF NASA ACTIVITIES--Table of 
 
Sec.  1232.106  Management authority and responsibility.

    (a) Authorized NASA Official. The Authorized NASA Official is the 
NASA Administrator's representative and is responsible for all NASA 
activities involving animal subjects. This individual is responsible for 
implementation of the provisions of this rule and for ensuring that 
agency programs involving animal subjects comply fully with all 
applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines.
    (b) Field Installation Director. The Field Installation Director is 
responsible for and has the authority to:
    (1) Sign the field installation's Assurance, making a commitment on 
behalf of the field installation that the requirements of the PHS Policy 
and this rule will be met in all field installation activities involving 
animal subjects;
    (2) Create and oversee the functioning of the field installation 
ACUC;
    (3) Decide and administer sanctions in cases of noncompliance with 
this rule;
    (4) Fulfill the reporting requirements assigned to this individual 
in Sec.  1232.105(h); and
    (5) Sign the annual USDA report.
    (c) NASA Field Installation(s) ACUC Responsibility. Each NASA Field 
Installation ACUC is responsible to its Field Installation Director for 
the activities described in Sec. Sec.  1232.104(c) and 1232.105 (b), 
(c), (d), (e) and (h).
    (d) Research or Flight Program Manager Responsibility. The Research 
or Flight Program Manager is responsible for ascertaining the presence 
of the required PHS Assurance file number for proposals involving animal 
subjects received from non-NASA institutions, and a statement of ACUC 
review and approval of all NASA and non-NASA proposals involving animal 
subjects. No awards for activities involving animal subjects can be made 
without this documentation [see Sec. Sec.  1232.104 (b) and (d) and 
1232.105(b)].
    (e) NASA Veterinarian(s) Responsibility. NASA veterinarian(s) have 
direct or delegated authority and responsibility for activities 
involving animal subjects at their field installation. Such authority 
and responsibilities shall include recommending approval or disapproval 
of procedures involving animal subjects as a member of the ACUC, 
continual monitoring of these activities, surveillance of the health and 
condition of animal subjects, and reporting any observed deviations from 
approved procedures involving animal subjects to the Field Installation 
Director and the ACUC. In the case of deviation from ACUC-approved 
practices or procedures, the veterinarian shall have the authority to 
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such procedures until they are reviewed and resolved by the ACUC. In 
cases of a conflict concerning animal usage by an investigator that 
cannot be resolved between him/her and the veterinarian, the matter may 
be brought to the attention of the Field Installation ACUC for review 
and recommendation for action as set forth in this rule. Whereas the 
performance of the veterinarian's duties can be delegated to other 
qualified individuals, the ultimate responsibility rests with the 
veterinarian. This responsibility extends not only to the Animal Care 
Facility (ACF), but also to other locations where animal subjects are 
used.
    Other specific areas of responsibility and authority vested in the 
veterinarian are:
    (1) Entry of personnel into the ACF. The veterinarian has the 
responsibility to develop access procedures to the ACF and submit them 
to the ACUC for approval.
    (2) Personnel Training. The veterinarian will participate in the 
training of personnel in the handling of animal subjects and in specimen 
sampling procedures.
    (3) Animal Training. The veterinarian will monitor all schedules and 
procedures involving the training and acclimation of animal subjects.
    (4) Surgery and Surgical Procedures. The veterinarian will monitor 
all surgical procedures and verify that the principles of the Guide with 
regard to aseptic surgery are employed. Post-surgical recovery 
procedures are included. If necessary, training will be provided by the 
veterinarian to bring procedures conducted by investigators to the level 
of these standards.
    (5) Veterinary Medical and Engineering Procedures. The veterinarian 
will monitor all veterinary medical and engineering procedures performed 
on animal subjects and verify their appropriateness. The veterinarian 
will actively participate in identifying and/or establishing the design 
requirements and adequacy of animal facilities for ground and 
spaceflight-related activities.
    (f) NASA Representative to the Interagency Research Animal Committee 
(IRAC). The NASA representative to the IRAC will obtain information of 
all cases in which an institution's Assurance has been revoked by the 
PHS. The NASA IRAC representative will notify NASA ACUC's, Field 
Installation Directors, the Authorized NASA Official, and all 
Headquarters Research and Flight Program Managers so that they can 
determine which NASA awards involving the use of animal subjects are 
affected and can take appropriate sanctions.