There should be no screening or rejection of formal presentations at ABS meetings except on the basis of submission or reception deadlines.

Each ABS or ASAB member in good standing can submit one and only one abstract and is the only author of that abstract allowed to present the corresponding presentation. In addition, any member in good standing may also: (1) be an author on additional abstracts that he or she does not submit, (2) present one invited presentation (e.g. plenary, symposium or workshop), or (3) sponsor one film. (Enacted at 2004 E.C. meetings.)

ABS members who fail to provide at least one week advance notice in writing to the Central Office if not presenting a paper scheduled for an ABS Annual meeting will not be allowed to present or sponsor a paper at the next annual meeting. Exceptions will be permitted by the Junior Program Officer only in the case of emergency. (Revised at 2000 E.C. meetings.)

The following statement will appear on the Meeting registration forms: "By submission of an abstract to ABS, I declare that the research reported herein was conducted in compliance with all laws applicable to my work and with the ABS Code of Ethics and Animal Care Guidelines." It shall be the policy of ABS that in the eventuality of a questionable abstract, the Program Officers will consult with the President and Executive Committee for appropriate action. (Revised at 1991 and 1998 E.C. meetings.)

A letter of inquiry shall be sent from the president of ABS and Chairperson of the Animal Care Committee to any individual giving a paper at the Annual ABS meeting, Division of Animal Behavior-Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting or Regional meeting which is thought to violate the ABS Animal Care Guidelines. The letter should contain a request for an explanation and be accompanied by a copy of the ABS Animal Care Guidelines. Initial inquiries should be addressed to the President for final decision. In the case of multi-authored and sponsored papers, and additional authors and sponsors will also receive a copy of the material sent to the presenting author.