Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals

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Procedure of Registration of establishments for breeding of animals and experiments on animals.

The Member-Secretary would take a decision on any application for Registration within two months of its receipt. In case the application cannot be decided within two months, the Member-Secretary would record speaking reasons for the same and bring the case to the notice of CPCSEA at its ensuing meeting.

(i) The application should be accompanied by a bank draft of Rs.1,000/- in favor of CPCSEA as registration fee.

(ii) The establishment should have constituted an IAEC before applying for registration.

(iii) Before taking the decision regarding Registration, a spot inspection of the organization would be necessary. The spot inspection would be carried out in the following manner:

(a) In case of Registration of an establishment for experiments on animals (under Rule 4 of Breeding Rules), the initial Inspection would be preliminary in nature, and carried out by one inspecting member. However, before conduct of experiments on animals specific approval regarding Animal House Facility will be necessary through inspection.

(b) In case of Registration of establishments for Breeding purposes (under Rule 3 of Breeding Rules), the spot Inspection would be carried out.

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