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BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Medical Research Involving Animals

RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports civil and criminal penalties for nefarious activities intended to interfere with animal research, including the unauthorized release of research animals and the theft of data derived from animal research.

(Resolution 35-1990, adopted 11/10/90)(revised, Report Q-2000, Item 49, adopted 11/12/00)
(revised, Report R-2006, Item 13, adopted 10/29/2006)
(reaffirmed, Report I-2009, Item 2-8, adopted 11/01/2009)(reaffirmed, NCMS Policy Review Report, Item 3, adopted 10/24/2015)