reviews animal research proposals for compliance with federal regulations. The IACUC can approve a proposal, deny approval, or require the researchers to modify the proposal. It also inspects research facilities twice a year and can halt a previously approved study if it is found to be violating federal regulations. U.S. Public health Service policy requires the IACUC's membership to include the following:
1.] a doctor of veterinary medicine either certified or with training and experience in laboratory animal science and medicine or in the use of the species at the institution.
2.]at least one practicing scientist experienced with research involving animals
3.] at least one member from a nonscientific background,drawn from inside or outside the institution.
4.] at least one public member to represent general, community interests in the proper care and use of animals
1. Beneficence and non-maleficence: Psychologists strive to benefit those with whom they work and take care to do no harm.
2. Fidelity and Responsibility: Psychologists establish relationships of trust with those with whom they work. They are aware of their professional and scientific responsibilities to society and to the specific communities in which they work.
3. Integrity: Psychologists seek to promote accuracy, honesty, and
truthfulness in the science, teaching,
and practice of psychology.
4. Justice: Psychologists recognize that fairness and justice entitle
all persons to access to and benefit from the contributions of psychology and to equal quality in the processes,
procedures, and services being conducted by psychologists.
5. Respect for People's Rights and Dignity: Psychologists respect the dignity and worth of all people,
and the rights of individuals to privacy, confidentiality, and self-determination.
Psychologists respect the dignity and worth of all people, and the rights of individuals to privacy, confidentiality, and self-determination
Psychologists are aware that special safeguards may be necessary to protect the rights and welfare of persons or communities whose vulnerabilities impair autonomous decision making.
Psychologists are aware of and respect cultural, individual and role differences, including those based on age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language and socioeconomic status and consider these factors when working with members of such groups.
Psychologists try to eliminate the effect on their work of biases based on those factors, and they do not knowingly participate in or condone activities of others based upon such prejudices.
[a] Psychologists provide services, teach, and conduct research with populations and in areas only within the boundaries of their competence, based on their education, training, supervised experience, consultation, study, or processional experience.
[b] Where scientific or professional knowledge in the discipline of psychology establishes that an understanding of factors associated with age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, or SES is essential for effective implementation of their services or research, psychologists have or obtain the training, experience, consultation, or supervision necessary to ensure the competence of their services, or they make appropriate referrals, except as provided in Standard 2.02, Providing Services in Emergencies.
[c] Psychologists planning to provide services, teach, or conduct research involving populations, areas, techniques, or technologies new to them undertake relevant education, training, supervised experience, consultation, or study.
[d] When psychologists are asked to provide services to individuals for whom appropriate mental health services are not available and for which psychologists have not obtained the competence necessary, psychologists with closely related prior training or experience may provide such services in order to ensure that services are not denied if they make a reasonable effort to obtain the competence required by using relevant research, training, consultation, or study.
[e] In those emerging areas in which generally recognized standards for preparatory training do not yet exist, psychologists nevertheless take reasonable steps to ensure the competence of their work and to protect clients/patients, students, supervisees, research participants, organizational clients, and others from harm.
[f] When assuming forensic roles, psychologists are or become reasonably familiar with the judicial or administrative rules governing their roles.