Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1)
General Facilities. For buildings and premises that
are utilized as a Facility, each Licensee shall:
(a) Maintain all buildings and premises in
good repair and in a Sanitary Condition;
(b) Maintain and use equipment in a manner
which ensures the proper and legal storage and disposal of wastes or
disease-contaminated material, including, but not limited to, medical supplies,
syringes, needles, and sharps containers;
(c) Take and maintain effective control
measures to prevent the spread of disease, noxious odors, and the infestation
of Animals and premises with external parasites, insects, and vermin;
and
(d) Provide and maintain
artificial illumination in all areas and rooms in which Animals are kept. The
artificial illumination shall be well-distributed and adequate to provide
efficient inspection and cleaning of Facilities, enclosures, cages and Animals.
Each cage and enclosure in use shall be situated in a manner that protects the
Animals contained from excessive or stressful illumination.
(2)
Quarantine
Room. In addition to complying with 330 CMR 12.03(1), each
Licensee shall:
(a) Provide a room to be used
exclusively for the purposes of Quarantining sick or diseased Animals;
and
(b) Ensure that the room, in
addition to complying with the requirements of 330 CMR 12.03(1) and (5), is:
1. Physically separated from rooms used to
maintain other Animals;
2.
Completely enclosed by walls that extend from floor to ceiling;
3. Constructed with floors and walls made of
Impervious surfaces;
4. Equipped
with an exhaust fan that serves to efficiently remove air from the room to an
area outside the building and adequately ventilates to allow fresh air to
circulate into the room;
5.
Equipped with a sink having hot and cold running water used exclusively for the
cleaning and maintenance of the Quarantine Room, all equipment and utensils
used therein, and Animals housed within the room;
6. Not used to house or maintain other
Animals, for storage, as an employee restroom, as a public access area, or any
other such purpose;
7. Thoroughly
Cleaned and Disinfected immediately after Animals have been removed from the
room and prior to the placement of other Animals into the room; and
8. Maintained in such a manner that all
equipment and utensils used within the room are thoroughly Cleaned and
Disinfected before being taken out of the room.
(3)
Isolation Room.
In addition to providing a Quarantine Room as required by 330 CMR 12.03(2),
each Class A Licensee shall:
(a) Provide an
Isolation Room for the exclusive purpose of Isolating newly-acquired dogs and
cats;
(b) Ensure that the Isolation
Room complies with the requirements of 330 CMR 12.03(1), (2)(b), and
(5);
(c) Ensure that Quarantined
sick or diseased Animals and Isolated newly-acquired dogs and cats are not
maintained in the same Quarantine, Isolation Room simultaneously.
(4)
Protective
Clothing for Quarantine and Isolation Rooms. Each Licensee shall
ensure that each person who enters a Quarantine or an Isolation Room or
otherwise feeds, waters, cleans, treats or handles Quarantined or Isolated
Animals showing signs of infectious or contagious disease or
disease-contaminated equipment or material shall wear clean protective
outerwear, gloves and shoe covers, or take equivalent biosecurity measures
while so doing, and shall remove and adequately clean or dispose of the
protective outerwear, gloves, and shoe covers, or equivalent, and thoroughly
wash their hands with soap and water immediately upon leaving such
room.
(5)
Animal
Facilities. Each Animal housing area shall be:
(a) Cleaned at least daily and more often as
necessary to maintain Sanitary Conditions. Enclosures shall be disinfected
periodically and as soon as practicable once emptied. Cages and enclosures
shall be unoccupied during disinfecting. The use of chemical agents to
disinfect shall be in accordance with the chemical manufacturer's label, with
particular attention paid to temperatures and contact time;
(b) Of adequate size and space to permit:
1. The Animal(s) therein to stand, sit, lie
down, turn around and make other normal postural adjustments without
obstruction, interference, or impediment by the presence of food and water
bowls, equipment, beds, toys, or other Animals; and
2. The bird(s) within to fly, hop or
otherwise move about and individually spread their wings. Enough perch space
must be available for all birds within the enclosure to simultaneously perch in
a normal position without obstruction;
(c) Equipped with heating, cooling, and
ventilation to maintain adequate ambient conditions appropriate for the species
and necessary to minimize odor, ammonia levels, disease transmission risk, and
unnecessary stress on the Animals due to uncomfortable temperatures or
environmental conditions. Ambient temperature shall be between 55 °F and 85
°F, unless other temperatures have been determined to be appropriate based
on an information source approved by the Department. To ensure that these
conditions are met, the Licensee shall install and maintain a working
thermometer in all areas in which Animals are maintained and cared
for;
(d) Constructed and maintained
in accordance with the following provisions:
1. Each wall shall be Impervious to moisture
from floor to ceiling;
2. Each
floor shall be Impervious to moisture and no carpeted flooring may be permitted
in Animal areas;
3. Any material
used shall be resistant to rusting, and be maintained free of rust;
4. If the cage or enclosure has a wire floor,
then the wire used shall be of adequate gauge to prevent sagging or injury to
an Animal's feet, and the mesh shall be small enough to prevent an Animal's
feet from falling through the bottom;
(e) Designed to permit the unimpeded access
of the Animal(s) to clean, fresh food and water; and
(f) Maintained at a comfortable noise level.
Under normal circumstances, the noise level shall not be at or above 100 dB for
a sustained period of 15 minutes or longer.