CPCSEA
The
CPCSEA refers to “The Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of
Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA)”. The Committee for the Purpose of Control and
Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA) is a constitutional board, which
is recognized under Chapter 4, Section 15(1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act 1960. CPCSEA guidelines aim to stimulate the humane care of animals
used in biomedical and behavioural investigation and testing with the basic
objective of providing provisions that will improve animal well-being, quality
in the pursuit of improvement of biological information is significant to
humans and animals.
CPCSEA
aims to confirm that animals are not exposed to unnecessary pains or suffering
before, during or after the performance of experimentations on them. For this
purpose, under the deputized powers, the Committee framed the ‘Breeding of and
Experiments on Animals (Control and Supervision) Rules, 1998’ which were revised
in 2001 and then in 2006, to standardize the research on animals.
Functions or roles of
CPCSEA: -
·
Registration of establishments conducting
animal experimentation or breeding of animals for this purpose.
·
Selection and assignment of nominees for
the Institutional Animal Ethics Committees of the registered establishments.
·
Approval of Animal House Facilities based
on reports of inspections conducted by CPCSEA.
·
Authorization for conducting experiments by
use of animals.
·
Endorsement for import of animals for use
in experiments.
·
Action against institutions in case of
violation of any authorized norm/stipulation.
·
Organize training programmes for the
Nominees of CPCSEA.
·
Conduct & support conferences or
workshops on animal ethics.
IAEC: -
IAEC stands for Institutional
Animal Ethics Committee. This is an indigenous body, recognized by CPCSEA, which
has been authorized to permit experimentations on small animals through a revision
in guidelines for Breeding and Experiments on Animals (Control and Supervision)
in the year 2006.
IAEC evaluate and support
all types of research proposals involving small animal experimentation before
the start of the study. For the study on large animals, the case is essential
to be forwarded to CPCSEA in an arranged manner with the approval of IAEC.
Composition
of IAEC: -
1. IAEC
shall consist of 5 (Five) names (all from science contextual with one
Veterinarian). The alignment should be as under:
¾ A
Biological Scientist.
¾ Two
Scientists from different biological disciplines.
¾ A
Veterinarian involved in the care of Animals.
¾ Scientist
In-Charge of Animal House Facility.
2. The
institution is required to upload the biodata and agreement letter of proposed
IAEC members in a single PDF file.
3. The
Chairman of the IAEC (mostly Head of the Institution / Department) and Member
Secretary need to be nominated by the institution from the above five members.
4. Other
members of the IAEC are. The main nominee, Link nominee, Scientist from outside and the socially aware nominee will be nominated by CPCSEA on receiving the above configuration
of IAEC from the institution.
5. At
least half of the members are necessary to be replaced at the time of reconstitution
of IAEC.
6. The
validity of IAEC is for 3 years.
7. The
institution shall apply in advance (15 days) for reconstitution before the expiry
of the IAEC.
According
to Rule 13 of the “Breeding of and Experiments on Animals” (Control and
Supervision) Rules 1998, as revised, IAEC must be re-formed every three years. The
main duty of a person who has been designated to represent the CPCSEA on an IAEC
is the well-being and welfare of the animals housed or retained for experiments/breeding.
With this in mind, the nominee should be aware of the rules central housing,
experiments and after the maintenance of the animals. It is also authoritative
that the nominee maintains the self-respect of the CPCSEA at all times.
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