AAALAC means the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International.
AZA means the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
CITES means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
ELISA means enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, a type of laboratory test that measures antibodies or detects antigens for specific pathogens.
HHS/CDC means U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or an authorized representative acting on its behalf.
IACUC means Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
MOT means mammalian old tuberculin, a biological product used as a diagnostic tool in the evaluation for mycobacterial (TB and related bacteria) infections.
NIOSH means the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
PPE means personal protective equipment, such as gloves, respirators, and other devices used in preventing the spread of communicable diseases.
SOPs means standard operating procedures.
TB means tuberculosis.
TST means tuberculin skin test.
USDA means United States Department of Agriculture.
Animal act means any use of NHPs, including offspring, for entertainment in which the NHPs are trained to perform some behavior or action and are part of a routinely scheduled show, performance, or exhibition, open to the general public.
Breeding colony means a facility where NHPs, including offspring, are maintained for reproductive purposes.
Broker means a person or organization within the United States that acts as an official agent of an exporter of NHPs from another country, or as an intermediary between such an exporter and an importer of NHPs.
Cohort means a group of NHPs imported together into the United States.
Director means the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or an authorized representative.
Educational purpose means the use of NHPs, including offspring, in the teaching of a defined educational program at the university level or equivalent.
Exhibition purposes means the use of NHPs, including offspring, as part of a public display open to the general public during routinely scheduled hours in a facility that meets or exceeds AZA accreditation standards.
Importer means any person importing, or attempting to import, a live NHP into the United States, including an applicant to become a registered importer. Within the meaning of this section, "importer" includes any person maintaining a facility or institution housing NHPs during quarantine. Within the meaning of this section, "importer" also includes the agent of any animal act, laboratory, or zoo that is subject to or carries out responsibilities in accordance with the regulations in this section.
In transit means NHPs located within the United States that are not intended for import, whether scheduled or not, as part of the movement of those NHPs between a foreign country of departure and foreign country of final destination.
Lab or laboratory means a facility in the United States accredited by AAALAC or licensed by USDA, conducting research using NHPs, having foreign based facilities, and intending to transfer or transferring one or more NHPs that were originally part of an institutionally approved, ongoing protocol, from its foreign-based facility into its United States facility for purposes related to that specific research project.
Licensed veterinarian means a person who has graduated from a veterinary school accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association's Council on Education, or has a certificate issued by the American Veterinary Medical Association's Education Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates, or has received equivalent formal education as determined by the HHS/CDC; and has received training and/or experience in the care and management of nonhuman primates.
Medical consultant means an occupational health physician, physician's assistant, or registered nurse, who is knowledgeable about the risks to human health associated with NHPs.
Nonhuman primate or NHP means all nonhuman members of the Order Primates.
NHP product or Product means skulls, skins, bodies, blood, tissues, or other biological samples from a nonhuman primate, including trophies, mounts, rugs, or other display items.
Offspring means the direct offspring of any live NHPs imported into the United States and the descendants of any such offspring.
Old World Nonhuman Primate means all nonhuman primates endemic to Asia or Africa.
Pathogen means any organism or substance capable of causing a communicable disease.
Permitted purpose means the use of NHPs for scientific, educational, or exhibition purposes as defined in this section.
Person means any individual or partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, organization, including a not-for-profit organization, such as a sanctuary, or other legal entity.
Quarantine means the practice of isolating live NHPs for at least 31 days after arrival in a U.S. quarantine facility where the NHPs are observed for evidence of infection with communicable disease, and where measures are in place to prevent transmission of infection to humans or NHPs within the cohort.
Quarantine facility means a facility used by a registered importer of NHPs for the purpose of quarantining imported NHPs.
Quarantine room means a room in a registered import facility for housing imported NHPs during the quarantine period.
Scientific purposes means the use of NHPs including offspring for research following a defined protocol and other standards for research projects as normally conducted at the university level.
Zoo means:
Zoonotic disease means any infectious agent or communicable disease that is capable of being transmitted from animals (both wild and domestic) to humans.
42 C.F.R. §71.53