Answer:
b. IACUC
Step-by-step explanation:
First of all, let's determine the wrong variants;
1) NIMH: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
2) IRB: Institutional review board or independent ethics committee
3) NIH: National Institutes of Health
The true option is IACUC: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IACUC is USA based committee which deals with law applications on the animal research. There are several local IACUC and they usually review locally the protocols and then conduct the estimations and evaluations. The IACUC was based on Animal Welfare Act in 1986. The IACUC must have minimum 5 members which includes chief executor/ officer.And the evaluations held by them at least once 6 months.