Question

Which ACT establishes that licenses have an IACUC (Institute of Animal Care and Use Committee)?

a) Clean Water Act
b) Animal Welfare Act
c) Occupational Safety and Health Act
d) Endangered Species Act

Answer 1

The b) Animal Welfare Act (AWA) requires the establishment of an IACUC to review animal research experiments and ensure ethical treatment of animals.

Step-by-step explanation:

The act that establishes that licenses must have an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).

The AWA, which has been amended multiple times since its initial passage in 1966, requires researchers to register their use of animals and mandates the consideration of alternatives if procedures can cause pain or distress to animals.

The IACUC is an essential part of this act, reviewing all proposed animal research experiments and ensuring that standards for ethical animal treatment are met, pain to animals is minimized, and animal use in research is justified.