ILAR WORKSHOP ON REGULATION OF LABORATORY ANIMALS - IS IT TIME TO RETHINK POLICY? Release Date: May 2, 2001 NOTICE: NOT-OD-01-036 National Institutes of Health The Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR), National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences will hold a workshop May 21-22, 2001, in the National Academy of Sciences Auditorium, Washington, D.C., as part of a series of ILAR Workshops on Regulatory Issues in Animal Care and Use. The purpose of this workshop is to determine whether ILAR should conduct a study to make recommendations on consolidating regulations of laboratory animals. Speakers will address current regulations for laboratory animals as well as proposed new regulations under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), highlight current practices for laboratory animal care including instances of duplication of oversight as well as institutions not covered under any regulation. Other presentations will focus on possible alternative oversight schemes, animal welfare considerations and legislative issues. The workshop will close with a panel discussion of whether ILAR should conduct a study on evaluation of duplication of regulations, or even more broadly, whether ILAR should make recommendations to achieve a more efficient, less duplicative approach to regulation of laboratory animals that will ensure the best science inextricably linked to the best animal welfare? The meeting agenda is posted under "Upcoming Workshop" at: http://www4.nas.edu/cls/ilarhome.nsf/web/what's_new?OpenDocument The workshop is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences Program Initiation Fund, the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, NIH, and Merck Research Laboratories. The meeting is open with no charge, but those wanting to attend must register. Please send name, affiliation and complete contact information (phone, fax, e-mail) to: Ms. Kathleen Beil Institute for Laboratory Animal Research 2101 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20418 Phone: (202) 334-1264 Fax: (202) 334-1687 e-mail: kbeil@nas.edu INQUIRIES For questions or further information, contact: Carol Wigglesworth Senior Policy Analyst Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) Office of Extramural Research, NIH 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 1050 Bethesda, MD 20892-7982 Phone: 301-402-5913 Fax: 301-402-2803 email: wigglesc@od.nih.gov
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