Duties of the Director:

a) To ensure the overall operation of the Center in accordance with the principles established by the Executive Board, and to make decisions and take necessary initiatives regarding other relevant administrative matters.

b) To manage the administrative affairs of the Center; to provide overall supervision, oversight, and coordination of the Center's operational units; and, when deemed necessary, to reassign personnel and duties among the units.

c) To cooperate with national and international research and application centers, within the framework of the relevant legislation, to facilitate the development of projects consistent with the objectives of the Center.

d) To prepare an annual activity report on the Center's research and application activities in December of each year and submit it to the Executive Board.

e) To appoint or dismiss the persons responsible for the Center's operational units and to supervise these units.

f) To oversee the welfare and care conditions of animals housed at the Center.

g) To organize in-service training programs for personnel.

h) To make the necessary plans and arrangements to ensure equitable access to the Center's facilities by researchers, taking the order of applications into consideration.

i) To ensure that records are maintained for animals received, bred, sold, used in experiments, deceased, or transferred at establishments authorized for the breeding, use, supply, and research of laboratory animals. Such records shall include the species, strain, sex, dates of arrival, birth, death, sale and transfer, procedures performed, the names and addresses of persons applying to purchase or use the animals, and the final disposition of the animals.

j) To maintain the inspection logbook and, upon request, present relevant information and documents to the competent authorities.

k) To prepare the Center's work plan and program, as well as its emergency action plan.

l) To cooperate with the University's Animal Experiments Ethics Committee in accordance with the relevant legislation.

m) To take the necessary measures and initiatives to ensure the proper disposal of all medical and biological waste generated as a result of experiments that may pose risks to the environment or human health.

n) To convene the Executive Board, prepare the agenda, and chair its meetings.

o) To perform any other duties assigned by the Executive Board.

p) To ensure that projects are carried out in accordance with authorized procedures; to take and document the necessary corrective measures in cases of non-compliance; and to report such cases to the Ethics Committee of the user establishment and, where necessary, to the relevant Ministry.

Duties of the Deputy Directors:

a) To assist the Director in fulfilling all duties and responsibilities assigned to the Director.

b) To act on behalf of the Director in the Director's absence.

c) To assume responsibility for the Center's sub-units in accordance with the Director's instructions and recommendations.

Duties of the Executive Board:

a) To determine the Center's research policies and strategies in accordance with its objectives.

b) To plan and conduct educational activities to be carried out within the Center and to evaluate their final reports.

c) To establish procedures for the procurement of laboratory animals required for research conducted within the Center.

d) To provide the necessary facilities and support for projects accepted and supported by the University and approved by the University's Scientific Research Commissions to be conducted at the Center.

e) To establish the principles governing researchers' rights and patent rights arising from research and applications supported by the Center, as well as the distribution and use of any resulting revenues.

f) To review and decide upon the annual activity plans and programs prepared by the Director and the principles governing these activities.

g) To hold Executive Board meetings periodically on dates announced in advance.

Duties of the Responsible Manager (Veterinarian):

a) To ensure, supervise, and organize the breeding and care of laboratory animals.

b) To monitor whether procedures performed on laboratory animals comply with ethical principles and to raise researchers' awareness in this regard.

c) To provide veterinary consultation during research activities.

d) To maintain records of laboratory animals used within the Center.

e) To maintain records of consumable materials used within the Center.

f) To supervise the proper maintenance and safekeeping of the Center's equipment, devices, and other fixed assets.

g) To maintain project-related information, records, and other data deemed appropriate by the Director in electronic form and report them to the Director.

h) To plan the weekend and public-holiday care of laboratory animals used in projects, subject to the Director's approval.

i) To keep the Director informed about activities, operations, and any problems or disruptions encountered at the Center.

j) To safeguard the health of animals bred at the Center and maintain the characteristics and genetic integrity of the strains.

k) To carry out preventive veterinary medicine activities.