{"id":181,"date":"2018-02-20T10:53:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T15:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/?page_id=181"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:04:23","slug":"iacuc-guidance-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/animal-care\/iacuc-guidance-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance &amp; Policy for Animal Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/animal-care\/full-review-vs-designated-review\/\">Full Committee Review or Designated Member Review process<\/a>: The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) must review all proposed animal activities via a Full Committee Review, or a Designated Member Review.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/resource\/diagram-of-protocol-and-facility-review-process-iacuc\/\">Diagram of Protocol and Facility Review Process &#8211; Plain Text (Word)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/graduate\/facultystaff-resources\/policies-and-regulations\/\">Graduate School Policies and Regulations<\/a> Graduate students and faculty advisors, please read section <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/graduate\/facultystaff-resources\/policies-and-regulations\/#thesis-approvals\">10.2.4 Animal Subjects Approval<\/a>, from the Graduate School\u2019s Policies and Regulations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/animal-care\/satellite-guidance\/\">Guidelines for Satellite Animal Facilities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/animal-care\/social-housing-of-animals\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/animal-care\/social-housing-of-animals\/\">Guidelines on Social Housing of Animals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/resource\/zebrafish-guidelines\/\">Guidelines for Use of Zebrafish in Research, Teaching, and Testing (Word)<\/a>. 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