Annual reports

• FAQ. What is the annual report to OLAW and when is it due?
• NOT-OD-04-052. Office of Extramural Research Notice Regarding Animal Welfare Documents Submitted to the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
• OPRR Reports. 94-03, 1/14/1994. Requirements for Annual Reporting to OPRR
• ILAR News. 1993; 35(3-4):47-49, question #6.
• View "The OLAW Annual Report: What You Need to Know – December 10, 2009" (Flash - 53 mins)

Departures

• FAQ. What are PHS Policy reporting requirements for departures from the Guide?
• NOT-OD-12-148. Guidance on Departures from the Provisions of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• View "Departures from the Guide" (Windows Media Player - 58 mins)
• Departures from the Guide

FOIA - institutional records

• FAQ. Are institutions required by FOIA to release information about their research, animal care programs, and IACUCs?
• View "Freedom of Information Act Policies – September 18, 2008" (Flash – 48 min)

FOIA - OLAW records

• FAQ. Are all documents submitted to OLAW subject to the Freedom of Information Act?
• View "Freedom of Information Act Policies – September 18, 2008 (Flash – 48 min)
  

Minority views

• FAQ. What are PHS requirements for recording and reporting minority views?

Reporting noncompliance

• FAQ. What kinds of situations should be reported to OLAW under IV.F.3. of the PHS Policy, and when, where, and how should they be reported?
• Lab Animal 2013; 42(04). (PDF - 159 KB) Communication between collaborating IACUCs.
• Lab Animal. 2013; 42(03). (PDF - 246 KB) Should 'duplicative research' still be reviewed?
• Lab Animal. 2012; 41(03). (PDF - 181 KB) Disagreement between IO and IACUC.
• Lab Animal. 2011; 40(3). (PDF - 192 KB) Miscommunication involving ‘standard care’.
• Lab Animal. 2011; 40(2). (PDF - 97 KB) Citation for a discussion of noncompliance.
• Lab Animal. 2010; 39(8). (PDF - 170 KB) Noncompliance in survival surgery technique.
• Lab Animal eAlert. 2010; No. 6 (PDF - 334 KB) What is Protocol for Reporting an Animal-Research Project Exceeding Its Expiration Date?
• Lab Animal. 2009; 38(11). (PDF - 187 KB) Categorizing insufficient pain alleviation.
• Lab Animal. 2009; 38(2). (PDF - 145 KB) Reportability of protocol suspensions.
• NOT-OD-05-034. Guidance on Prompt Reporting to OLAW under the PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Lab Animal. 2003; 32(9). A Mouse Isn’t a Rat, But What’s the Big Deal?
• Lab Animal. 2002; 31(5). To Report or Not to Report?
• Lab Animal. 1995; 24(9):24-26, question #4.
• View "Reporting Noncompliant Events to OLAW – March 5, 2009" (Flash – 45 min)
• Reporting Noncompliance

Sanctions & suspensions

• FAQ. Should the IACUC report sanctions other than suspensions that are imposed by the Committee or by other institutional officials?
• Lab Animal. 2011; 40(3). (PDF - 192 KB) Miscommunication involving ‘standard care’.
• Lab Animal. 2010; 39(8). (PDF - 170 KB) Noncompliance in survival surgery technique.
• Lab Animal. 2009; 38(2). (PDF - 145 KB) Reportability of protocol suspensions.
• Lab Animal. 2006; 35(10). (PDF - 87 KB) Tackling investigator noncompliance.
• ILAR News. 1993; 35(3-4):47-49, question #5.

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