RA5500: Research Administration – Animal Care

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Schedule Number

RA5500

Primary Title

Research – Animal Care

Office of Primary Responsibility

UBCV: Animal Research 

UBCO: Animal Care and Use 

Reference and duplicate copies of records are considered transitory and should only be kept as long as necessary and never longer than the retention of the official record.

Description

Operating under the requirements set out in BoG Policy LR2 – Research Policy, records in this series support the Animal Care Program including: animal care protocols, policies and procedures; minutes and recommendations from the Animal Care Committee; animal care oversight records which includes facility inspections, reviews, and advice; protocols on acquisition of animals as well as training and outreach. The records also include animal care services such as quality improvement, and special technical and surgical requests.

Vital: Yes (Animal Care Certificate)

PIB: No

Authority:

BoG Policy LR2 - Research Policy 

UBC Information Security Standard U1

Canadian Council on Animal Care

Date Approved: 20220729

Retention Schedule Secondaries

Secondary No. Secondary Title, Scope & Content Retention, Destruction & Disposition

01  

Policies and Procedures  

EV+5Y, FR    

EV=Date superseded or obsolete   

FR=UA will fully retain records from this series 

05  

General    

EV+5Y, D  

EV=Date superseded or obsolete   

10 

Animal Acquisition and Delivery

Includes transfers.

CY+7Y, D 

11 

Animal Care Certificate 

EV+7Y, D 

EV=Date superseded or obsolete. 

12 

Animal Facility and Oversight 

Inventory, audit, inspection, review, advise.

CY+7Y, D 

20  

Committees

Animal Care.

CY+5Y, FR 

FR=UA will fully retain records from this series 

25 

Special Technical and Surgical Service Requests 

CY+7Y, D 

28 

Training and Outreach 

CY+10Y, D 

45  

Issues  

CY+10Y, D

60  

Reports  

Includes Facility Inspection reports.

CY+10Y, SR 

SR=UA will selectively retain records from this series 

Acronym Key: AY = Academic Year; CY = Calendar Year; D = Destroy; EV = Event; FY = Fiscal Year; FR = Full Retention by University Archives unless otherwise noted; OPR = Office or Department responsible for source of truth records; SO = when superseded or obsolete; SR = Selective Retention by University Archives; UA = University Archives; Y = Year