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Streamlined Presentation of Protocols at Convened IACUC Meetings

Preliminaries

  1. Be on time
  2. Be organized
  3. Be prepared to present your assigned protocols
  4. Be precise and focused
  5. Be respectful of other people's time - stay on task
  6. Be respectful and considerate of other people
  7. Be respectful of the rules of order

Primary Reviewer

  1. Indicate to the committee whether, as a first impression, a protocol should be approved, tabled administratively, tabled to subcommittee, or if a complete rewrite is needed. If a complete rewrite/resubmission is required, then the protocol can be triaged to save time at the committee meeting.
  2. Provide an overview of the study scope, rationale and relevance. A detailed summary shouldn't be necessary, since all members have received a copy of the protocol and should have a general understanding of what is proposed.
  3. Briefly address any administrative and veterinary pre-review comments listed on the coversheet, particularly if the reviewer does not agree.
  4. Articulate and discuss all issues that must be addressed before the protocol can be approved.
  5. List changes that are required by either federal regulations, IACUC policy or ULAR procedure. A detailed description of these changes and all other concerns about the protocol must be included in the written reviewer comments submitted to the IACUC Administrator immediately following the meeting.

Secondary Reviewer

  1. Indicate whether the Secondary Reviewer agrees with the Primary Reviewer's first impression of the protocol.
  2. Present additional protocol issues not mentioned by the primary reviewer. Address any of the primary reviewer comments and administrative pre-review comments with which the secondary reviewer does not agree.
  3. List changes that are required by either federal regulations, IACUC policy or ULAR procedure not previously mentioned by the Primary Reviewer. A detailed description of these changes and all other concerns about the protocol must be included in the written reviewer comments submitted to the IACUC Administrator immediately following the meeting.

Other committee members present at the meeting should feel free to participate in the discussion of the protocol and provide comments to the IACUC administrator for inclusion into the Lead Researcher memo.

IACUC Chair

  1. Guide debate and formally propose final motion.
  2. Calls for a vote by show of hands (i.e., second, all those in favor, against, abstain). States whether motion carries.
  3. If motion does not carry, reopens discussion and proposes new motion.