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Regular* -- goes to a Veterinarian, the 2 assigned reviewers assigned for that month, Chair/Vice-Chair

• New projects which do not fall under full committee review
• Most protocols that are Class A and B1
• Identical to protocols closed out more than 1 year ago
• Class C (transplantable tumors) for Rodents

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Facilitated* -- goes to a Veterinarian, Chair/Vice-Chair

• Progress Reports which did not receive FCR in the last year
• Identical to protocols that are active or closed out (not more than 1 year ago).
• Modifications which are a minor change to the protocol (adding a previously approved procedure, minor changes in procedure, adding a species)
• Increase in number of animals forms

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FCR (Full Committee Review) -- goes to a Veterinarian, 2 assigned reviewers, Chair/Vice-Chair

• New B2, C and D protocols which involve the following:
  • primates, goats, pigs (or minipigs), calves, dogs, cats or rabbits.
• Mice, rats, hamsters and guinea pigs which are class D or C which are not checked as transplantable tumors
• All death as an endpoint (i.e. LD₅₀ studies, aging studies)
• All multiple survival surgery studies
• Tumor burden studies
• Modifications which are a major change to the protocol (addition of a new study, new procedures)

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* Anything submitted to the IACP office may go FCR if requested by a member of the IACUC, regardless of whether or not they were the assigned reviewer of that protocol.

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¹ Protocol may be returned to the Principal Investigator for Revisions at any stage of the Review Progress

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