Date Adopted: September 7, 2005

Last Review Date: January 17, 2024

I.  Procedure

A.  All Principal Investigators (PI) pursuing research involving living wild animals (wildlife) and all wildlife users under PI supervision are required prior to beginning work on an approved Wildlife Animal Use Protocol (AUP) or Laboratory AUP involving wildlife to:

1. Review the online Wildlife Training Presentation and complete the Wildlife Handlers Quiz.
2. E-mail the completed quiz to IACUC@mso.umt.edu
3. Fill out an OH&S Risk Assessment form (update if health status changes) and send to OH&S nurse Dionne Peterson at dionne.peterson@mso.umt.edu.
4. Complete "Working with the IACUC" and "Wildlife Research" course at Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) ,CITI Wildlife User Instructions
5. If using amphibians, fish, or reptiles for research, complete the amphibian, fish, or reptile training course on the CITI training web site 

B.  Users must update their training by completing:

1. Online Wildlife Training Presentation and quiz update every 3 years
2. OH&S risk assessment update every 3 years or more often if health status changes
3. CITI  training modules every 3 years