Which of the following is part of the IACUC inspection criteria?

• A. All records required by the AWA and PHS must be available for review.
• B. The institution's Occupational Health and Safety office must be inspected for copies of all SOPs.
• C. Breeding operations of vendors supplying animals for the research program must be inspected.
• D. All of the above

Answer: (A)

In IACUC inspections, inspectors must be able to verify compliance by reviewing records required under federal regulations. This means all documents mandated by the Animal Welfare Act and Public Health Service policies—such as protocol approvals, amendments, IACUC meeting minutes, training records, and animal care logs—must be readily available for review. Having these records on hand shows that the institution is operating under approved, current requirements and can account for how animals are used and cared for.

The other options aren’t standard on-site IACUC inspection criteria: the Occupational Health and Safety office’s SOPs fall outside the typical scope of IACUC reviews, and breeding operations of vendor suppliers are not ordinarily inspected as part of IACUC criteria, though supplier qualifications and records may be examined in related procurement processes.