Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
(1)
Definitions. For purposes of this rule, the following
definitions are used:
"Animal rescue organization" means a person
other than an animal shelter operating on a nonprofit basis to place unwanted,
abandoned, abused, or stray dogs or cats in permanent adopted homes.
"Qualified research facility" means the
following:
1. A research facility,
including but not limited to a regents institution, that conducts experiments
on dogs or cats for research, education, testing, or another scientific
purpose, and that receives moneys from the state or federal
government.
2. A research facility
that conducts experiments on dogs or cats for research, education, testing, or
another scientific purpose, in collaboration with a research facility described
in paragraph "1."
"Retired animal" means a dog or cat confined
at a qualified research facility if the dog or cat has been previously used for
research, education, testing, or another scientific purpose, and the dog or cat
is no longer required to be confined by the qualified research facility for any
of those purposes.
(2)
Adoption program
required.
a. A qualified research
facility shall enter into a written agreement with an animal shelter or animal
rescue organization to facilitate the placement of retired animals. The
qualified research facility shall include signed copies of each agreement
annually upon renewal of authorization.
b. A retired animal must have no substantial
medical condition, and pose no safety risk to the public, that would prevent
the dog's or cat's successful integration into a permanent adoptive
home.
c. A qualified research
facility may offer to transfer ownership and custody of the retired animal to a
person for private placement in the person's permanent adoptive home according
to an arrangement agreed to by the qualified research facility and the person.
The qualified research facility shall keep a record of the transfer, including
contact information of the individual taking possession of the retired animal,
and shall retain the record for a period of at least 12 months.
(3)
Records
required. Records must be made available to the department upon
request. A qualified research facility must maintain records and statement of
the sale, exchange, transfer, trade or adoption as provided for in rule
21-67.6 (162). Records shall be
made and retained for a period of 12 months.
