# Animal Welfare Act Research Registration

*/Credentials/Animal_Welfare_Act_Research_Registration*

## Credential Profile

**Issued By**: [USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service](/Regulators/USDA_Animal_and_Plant_Health_Inspection_Service)
**Satisfies**:
- [Animal Welfare Act](/Regulations/Animal_Welfare_Act)
**Qualifies For**:
- [Medical Scientists](/Occupations/Medical_Scientists)
**Recognized In**:
- [United States](/Jurisdictions/United_States)
**Qualifies For Role**:
- [Registered Research Facility Operator](/JobTypes/Registered_Research_Facility_Operator)

## Neighborhood

### Issued by

- [USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service](/Regulators/USDA_Animal_and_Plant_Health_Inspection_Service) — issued by · Regulators
- [Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service](/Regulators/Animal_and_Plant_Health_Inspection_Service) — issued by · Regulators

### Qualifies for role

- [Registered Research Facility Operator](/JobTypes/Registered_Research_Facility_Operator) — qualifies for role · JobTypes
- [Laboratory Animal Caretaker](/JobTypes/Laboratory_Animal_Caretaker) — qualifies for role · JobTypes
- [Research Facility Administrator](/JobTypes/Research_Facility_Administrator) — qualifies for role · JobTypes

### Problems this exposes

- [covered-species census and pain-category counts kept defensible for the unannounced inspection](/Problems/covered-species_census_and_pain-category_counts_kept_defensible_for_the_unannounced_inspection) — exposes problem · Problems
- [veterinary-care and exception-justification records tied to each approved protocol](/Problems/veterinary-care_and_exception-justification_records_tied_to_each_approved_protocol) — exposes problem · Problems
- [semiannual facility-inspection findings and corrections documented for the registration](/Problems/semiannual_facility-inspection_findings_and_corrections_documented_for_the_registration) — exposes problem · Problems
- [IACUC protocol approvals reconciled against the annual USDA APHIS animal-use report (categories C/D/E)](/Problems/IACUC_protocol_approvals_reconciled_against_the_annual_USDA_APHIS_animal-use_report_(categories_C%2FD%2FE)) — exposes problem · Problems
- [IACUC protocol-approval currency tied to each covered-species activity](/Problems/IACUC_protocol-approval_currency_tied_to_each_covered-species_activity) — exposes problem · Problems
- [semiannual facility-inspection finding closure before USDA visit](/Problems/semiannual_facility-inspection_finding_closure_before_USDA_visit) — exposes problem · Problems
- [veterinary-care and exception-justification documentation per protocol](/Problems/veterinary-care_and_exception-justification_documentation_per_protocol) — exposes problem · Problems
- [annual USDA APHIS animal-use report by pain/distress category](/Problems/annual_USDA_APHIS_animal-use_report_by_pain%2Fdistress_category) — exposes problem · Problems

### Satisfies

- [Animal Welfare Act](/Regulations/Animal_Welfare_Act) — satisfies · Regulations

### Recognized in

- [United States](/Jurisdictions/United_States) — recognized in · Jurisdictions

### Qualifies for

- [Biological Technicians](/Occupations/Biological_Technicians) — qualifies for · Occupations
- [Medical Scientists](/Occupations/Medical_Scientists) — qualifies for · Occupations

### Attests skill

- [Judgment and Decision Making](/Skills/Judgment_and_Decision_Making) — attests skill · Skills
- [Monitoring](/Skills/Monitoring) — attests skill · Skills
- [Science](/Skills/Science) — attests skill · Skills

### Attests knowledge

- [Law and Government](/Knowledge/Law_and_Government) — attests knowledge · Knowledge
- [Medicine and Dentistry](/Knowledge/Medicine_and_Dentistry) — attests knowledge · Knowledge
- [Biology](/Knowledge/Biology) — attests knowledge · Knowledge