Principal Investigators and Research Staff   

RE:  Animal Purchase Order From

It has recently been brought to the forefront that some clarification is needed on the form "Request for Laboratory Animal Purchase and Care".

The item of concern is in the signature field.  There are two signatures REQUIRED on the animal purchase orders:  Authorized Account Signature (AUTH) and the protocol Principal Investigator (P.I.)

Who has to sign:
Authorized Account Signature
This signature is REQUIRED and is to be obtained from the individual(s) that are authorized to sign on behalf of the account number that is being used on the animal order/per diem charges.  A list of the authorized account signers can be found on screen 09X on FRS.  The account signers are usually associated with the departmental business office.

P. I.
This signature is also REQUIRED and should be obtained from the Principal Investigator who is responsible for the protocol or an active participating person who is listed on the protocol.  If the P. I. for the protocol is the same as the P. I. for the charge account, the P. I. may sign in both the AUTH and P. I. signature lines.

These signatures are very important and need to be complete on every order.  Effective 8/21/03, if these signature lines are not complete, we will be returning the animal purchase order to the P. I. WITHOUT placing the animal order.

If you have any questions, contact Wendy Keswater at 626-4511 or Rachel Patrick at at 626-4701.

For a list of approved vendors click here.

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