Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 532 - Board of Commercial Pet Breeders
Chapter 15 - Commercial Pet Breeder Operations Guidelines
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 532:15-1-2 - Definitions

The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Act" means the Commercial Pet Breeders Act, codified at 59 O.S. § 5001 et. seq.

"Adult Animal" means an animal six months of age or older.

"Animal" means a dog or a cat.

"Applicant" means any person who submits an application to the Board for a commercial pet breeder license.

"Application Evaluator" means the Board if the Board does not delegate to the Application Committee the consideration of an application and the conduct of an inspection, but it shall mean the Application Committee if the Board delegated the consideration of an application and the conduct of an inspection to the Application Committee.

"Association" means two or more persons who act together in relation to commercial pet breeding activities or mutually undertake pet breeding activities in such a way that they have mutual or shared duties and obligations, shared or mutually available property or employees, shared profits or losses, or act in such a way that the pet breeding activities of one person affect or benefit the other.

"Board" means the Commercial Pet Breeders Board, created by 59 O.S. § 5001 et. seq.

"Carrier" means commercial carriers and intermediate handlers.

"Cat" means a mammal that is wholly or partly of the species Felis domesticus.

"Commercial pet breeder" means any person that possesses or has possessed at any time in the last twelve months eleven or more adult intact female animals for use in breeding or dealing in animals for direct or indirect sale or for exchange in return for consideration. Household pets kept by breeders which the breeder has registered with the Board as not being used in breeding or dealing shall not be counted under this definition. [59 O.S. § 5002(4) ].

"Describing" a pet or the "description" of a pet means a description of the breed, gender, color, any distinctive qualities, date of birth, and the pet identification numbers required under these Rules.

"Dog" means a mammal that is wholly or partly of the specis Canis familiaris.

"Entity" means a corporation, limited liability company, a general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability limited partnership, professional corporation, trust or other with a recognized legal existence under the laws of the State of Oklahoma.

"Housing Facility" means the location that houses the primary enclosures holding pets, and may consist of interior space or exterior shelters, or the space in which pets are held, if the pets are not held inside a primary enclosure.

"Kitten" means a cat less than six (6) months old.

"Licensee" means a commercial pet breeder that has obtained a temporary or permanent license to operate as a commercial pet breeder from the Board.

"Location" means the actual physical address or known place of business.

"Oklahoma entity" means an entity created by filing creation or registration documents with the Oklahoma Secretary of State, or a trust having its legal sites in Oklahoma.

"Owner" means a person who owns 10% or more of the ownership interest in a commercial pet breeder, directly or indirectly, in an entity.

"Person" mean an individual, association, trust, or entity.

"Pet" means a dog or cat, including a puppy or kitten.

"Possess" means to have custody of or control over, except that it shall not include having custody or control of a pet within Oklahoma by a person who is not a resident of Oklahoma and who is in Oklahoma for the sole purpose of attending a competitive show held in Oklahoma.

"Primary Enclosures" means the primary structure that restricts a pet's ability to move in a limited amount of space, such as a room, cage or compartment, or an enclosed fenced or walled area when there is no other structure restraining the pets' ability to move.

"Puppy" means a dog less than six months old.

"Recipient" means the person to whom a commercial pet breeder ships a pet using a carrier.

"These Rules" means the Rules adopted by the Commercial Pet Breeders Board and recorded at Title 532, Chapter 15 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code.

"To house" means to hold an animal or to provide an animal living quarters or shelter for any amount of time, except that it shall not include the holding or transporting of a pet within the state of Oklahoma by a person who is not a resident of Oklahoma and who is in Oklahoma for the sole purpose of attending a competitive show held in Oklahoma.

Added at 28 Ok Reg 2306, eff 7-25-11