Code of Massachusetts Regulations
330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
Title 330 CMR 30.00 - Animal Rescue And Shelter Organization Regulations
Section 30.07 - Foster Care

(1) No person may operate a Foster Home without first having signed a written agreement with an Organization stating that the person may operate the Foster Home with the approval of and under the responsibility of the Organization. Such written agreements shall be renewed at least once every two years, and a copy of such agreement shall be kept by both the Organization and Foster Home and made available for inspection by the Department upon request. It is the Organization's responsibility to ensure animals kept in Foster Homes remain in compliance with 330 CMR 30.06.

(2) In addition to the written agreement, a Person providing Foster Care must sign an acknowledgement of having received and read the document entitled "Best Practices for Providing Foster Care" that shall be provided by the Department. The Organization shall keep the signed acknowledgement at the location within the Commonwealth it has designated to maintain its records.

(3) An Animal maintained in Foster Care affected by an infectious or contagious disease shall be handled in a manner that prevents the spread of disease including, but not limited to, Quarantine in place.

(4) A copy of the current Individual Animal Record shall be kept in the Foster Home where the Animal is housed. In the alternative, the Organization may, if appropriate to protect the identity of the source of the Animal, provide the Foster Home with a partial Animal record consisting of the information required under 330 CMR 30.11(2)(a) through (m), so long as the Organization also maintains a copy of the complete Individual Animal Record at the location it has designated under 330 CMR 30.04(l)(c) to maintain such records.