Laws & Agencies
Animal Welfare Act
Purpose of Law
Acronyms
Type of Law
100
This agency enforces the Animal Welfare Act
What is the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service?
100
1985
What is the year the Improved Standards for Laboratory Animal Welfare Amendment was passed?
100
The purpose of this law is to protect all animals in research in US (except rats, mice & birds)
What is the Animal Welfare Act?
100
ACUP
What is the Animal Care and Use Plan?
100
Federal law
What is the Animal Welfare Act, Good Laboratory Practices Act, Health Research Extension Act, or Controlled Substances Act?
200
The agency enforces the Good Laboratory Practice Act
What is the Food and Drug Administration
200
Rats, mice and birds
What are the animals not covered by the Animal Welfare Act?
200
The purpose of this law is to protect all animals used in research in NYS
What is the NYS Public Health Law?
200
ALAT
What is Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician
200
State Law
What is NYS Public Health Law or "Pound" Law?
300
This agency enforces the Health Research Extension Act
What is the Public Health Service
300
Veterinarian and someone not affiliated with the facility
What are the required members of the IACUC?
300
The purpose of this law is to regulate facilities producing drugs and medical devices.
What is the Good Laboratory Practice Act?
300
IACUC
What is the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee?
300
Voluntary Law
What is AAALAC accreditation or AALAS certification of personnel?
400
Controlled Substances Act
What is the Drug Enforcement Administration
400
Three years
What is the length of time animal records must be kept.
400
The purpose of this law is to regulate facilities that receive federal grants
What is the Health Research Extension Act?
400
OSHA
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administation?
400
Involuntary law
What is the Animal Welfare Act, Good Laboratory Practices Act, Health Research Extension Act, or Controlled Substances Act?
500
This agency enforces the "Pound" Law
What is NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
500
1966
What is the year the first Animal Welfare Act was enacted.
500
The purpose of this law is to regulate the use of drugs with human abuse potential
What is the Controlled Substances Act?
500
AAALAC
What is the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation for Laboratory Animal Care?
500
Nongovernmental agency
What is AAALAC, AALAS or AVMA?
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