Administrative Circular No. 40 Series of 1999 on Rules and Regulations on the Conduct of Scientific Procedures Using Animals.

This Administrative Order, pursuant to Republic Act No. 8485, known as the Animal Welfare Act of 1998, establishes the following rules and regulations for the information, guidance and compliance of all concerned aspects. The purpose of these rules and regulations is to institute the basic systems, organizations and practices in all laboratory animal care and use establishments to safeguard the welfare of any live vertebrate animal, whether in a domestic or wild state, which is used or intended for use in scientific procedures. The intention is to grant authorization to conduct scientific procedures using animals to any concerned entity based mainly on the acceptability of their Animal Care and Use Programme and the existence of an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). There is no intention to evaluate or review individual scientific procedures or protocols at the Animal Welfare Committee level. Such evaluation or review is best assumed by the IACUC in adherence to the principles of self-regulation.