Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

• Assurance
• AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2020 Edition
• Biosafety Levels
• Categories of IACUC Actions
• Definition of Laboratory Animal
• Documents to be Submitted for Protocol Review Process by the IACUC
• Examples of Major and Minor Changes to Protocols (Word format)
• Food and Water Restriction
• Guidance on Prompt Reporting of Adverse Events and Unanticipated Outcomes or Problems (Word format)
• IACUC POLICY – Health Surveillance for All Personnel Handling Animals or Working Near Laboratory Animals
• IACUC Proposal Check for Completeness
• Instrucciones para Talleres de Educación Continuada de Uso y Cuidado de Animales
• MSC Community Announcement of Mandatory Enrollment in the Animal Exposure Surveillance Program
• Non-Pharmaceutical Grade Drug Guidelines Approved (Word format)
• Required Documents for IACUC Protocol Review Process
• Sources of Information for Selected Databases
• Subject Coverage of Selected Databases
• UPR MSC IACUC Policy and Guideline on Surgery for Laboratory Animals
• USDA Classifications

• IACUC Training Sessions
• IACUC Meeting Calendar (August 2026 – January 2027).

If you need to contact the IACUC for questions, additional information, or to submit documents for evaluation, you may contact the office by the following means:

Telephone: (787) 282-0031 or (787) 758-2525 ext. 1836

Physical Address:

Escuela de Profesionales de Salud (EPS)

Office #200
Rio Piedras, PR 00935

Mailing Address: PO Box 365067 San Juan, PR 00936-5067