Trainning | Experimental Surgery and Animal Facility

Training in Animal Experimentation

Animal Experimentation Training Course IdISBa–UIB (initial accreditation):

Continuous Training (Maintenance of Accreditation):

Application for Maintenance of Accreditation

  • Certificates/diplomas from courses received or delivered that are not in one of the two official languages (Catalan or Spanish) must be submitted together with a translation into either of these languages.
    Persons with access to UIB Digital may request translation from the UIB Language Service through the "corrección de documentos institucionales" option.
    Researchers from IdISBa may request translation from the IdISBa Language Service.
  • The application for maintenance of accreditation must be submitted to the competent authority of the Autonomous Community (AC) that granted the initial accreditation, in cases where initial accreditation was obtained after the publication of the Ministerial Training Order (OM), i.e., after 2 April 2015.
    Applicable to persons initially accredited as Functions (A, B, C, D, E and F).
  • For persons accredited prior to the entry into force of the OM, the following applies:
    • Anyone who obtained recognition through experience issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the repealed Royal Decree 1201/2005 of 10 October may submit the application to the competent authority corresponding to their workplace or residence.
      Applicable to persons originally recognised under Category (A, B, C, D1 and D2).
    • Anyone who obtained accreditation through a course approved by the competent authority under Royal Decree 1201/2005 of 10 October, and who was accredited under the first transitional provision of the OM, may submit the application either to the authority that accredited the course or to the authority of their workplace or residence.
      Applicable to persons originally recognised under Category (A, B, C, D1 and D2).

For more information, please consult the CEPAFIC Guide on the maintenance of accreditation for functions in animal experimentation according to OM ECC/566/2015

To learn more about the 3Rs, experimental design, alternative methods, transparency in animal experimentation, etc., please visit the Additional Information section of the website of the Authorised Body of the Balearic Islands: