§ 380.202 - Definitions.

(a) Animal. Any live, vertebrate animal used or intended for use in research, research training, experimentation or biological testing or for related purposes.

(b) Animal facility. Any building, room, area, enclosure, or vehicle, including satellite facility, used for animal confinement, transport, maintenance, breeding or experiments of surgical manipulation. A satellite facility is any containment outside of a core facility or centrally designated or managed area in which animals are housed for more than 24 hours.

(c) Animal Welfare Act. Pub. L. 89-544, 1966, as amended (Pub. L. 91-579 and Pub. L. 94-279) 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq. Implementing regulations are published in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 9, Subchapter A, Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4, and are administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

(d) Animal Welfare Assurance or Assurance. The documentation from an awardee or a prospective awardee institution assuring institutional compliance with this policy.

(e) Guide. Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, NIH Pub. No. 85-23, 1985 edition or succeeding revised editions.

(f) Institution. Any public or private organization, business, or agency (including components of Federal, State and local governments).

(g) Institutional official. An individual who has the authority to sign the institution's Assurance, making a commitment on behalf of the institution that the requirement of this subpart will be met.

(h) Public Health Service. The Public Health Service includes the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health; the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; the Centers for Disease Control; the Food and Drug Administration; the Health Resources and Services Administration; and the National Institutes of Health.

(i) Quorum. A majority of the members of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.