Under no circumstances may animals be housed outside the centralized animal facilities without prior written approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
Animals may be kept outside the central animal facilities no more than 12 hours without written approval.
Laboratories where animal research activities are subject to periodic visitation by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Housing Animals outside the animal facility for more than 24 hours is a violation of regulations governing animal care and use.
Investigators housing animals outside approved animal facilities may be subject to severe sanctions by the IACUC up to and including revocation of approval to use laboratory animals.
Under no circumstances may animals be housed outside the centralized animal facilities without prior written approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.