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Title 10. Utah Municipal Code. Chapter 8. Powers and Duties of All Cities. Article 1. General Powers
§ 10-8-65. Dogs--License and tax--Destruction, sale or other disposal
Title 10. Utah Municipal Code. Chapter 17. Municipal Animal Shelter Pet Sterilization Act
§ 10-17-101. Title
§ 10-17-102. Definitions
§ 10-17-103. Animal shelters shall transfer only sterilized animals, or shall require sterilization deposit
§ 10-17-104. Sterilization deposit
§ 10-17-105. Failure to comply with sterilization agreement
§ 10-17-105.5. Sterilization deposit--When required for redemption by owner of impounded animal
§ 10-17-106. Penalties
§ 10-17-107. Local ordinances may be no less restrictive
Title 18. Dogs. Chapter 1. Injuries by Dogs.
§ 18-1-1. Liability of owners--Scienter--Dogs used in law enforcement
§ 18-1-2. Dogs acting together--Actions--Parties--Judgment
§ 18-1-3. Dogs attacking domestic animals, assistance animals, hoofed protected wildlife, or domestic fowls
Title 23. Wildlife Resources Code of Utah. Chapter 17. Birds.
§ 23-17-8. Dog field meets
§ 23-17-9. Training of dogs--Use of protected or privately owned wildlife
Title 23. Wildlife Resources Code of Utah. Chapter 20. Enforcement--Violations and Penalties.
§ 23-20-3. Taking, transporting, selling, or purchasing protected wildlife illegal except as authorized--Penalty
§ 23-20-4.5. Illegal taking, possession, or wanton destruction of protected wildlife--Restitution--Reimbursable damages--Assessment by magistrates-- Disposition of monies
Title 26. Utah Health Code. Chapter 6. Utah Communicable Disease Control Act.
§ 26-6-1. Short title
§ 26-6-2. Definitions
[§ 26-6-3 - § 26-6-10. Repealed by Laws 1996, c. 211, § 19, eff. April 29, 1996 (related to HIV, Tuberculosis, and other human-related diseases) omitted]
§ 26-6-11. Rabies or other animal disease--Investigation and order of quarantine
§ 26-6-12. Rabies or other animal disease--Investigation following order of quarantine
§ 26-6-13. Rabies or other animal disease--Authority of peace officer to kill or capture animals
§ 26-6-14. Rabies or other animal disease--Quarantine defined
§ 26-6-15. Rabies or other animal disease--Possession of animal in violation of chapter a misdemeanor
[§ 26-6-16 - § 26-6-30(related to venereal diseases and confidentiality of patient information) omitted]
Title 26. Utah Health Code. Chapter 26. Experimental Animals.
§ 26-26-1. "Institution" defined
§ 26-26-2. Authorization for institutions to obtain impounded animals
§ 26-26-3. Period of impoundment and effort to find owner prerequisite to delivery of animals to institution by governing body of county or municipality--Owner's prerogative regarding provision of animal to an institution
§ 26-26-4. Institution to pay transportation expense--Restrictions on use of animals--Fee
§ 26-26-5. Records of animals required
§ 26-26-6. Revocation of authorization
§ 26-26-7. Adoption of rules by department--Inspection and investigation of institutions
Title 58. Occupations and Professions. Chapter 28. Veterinary Practice Act.
§ 58-28-9. Animal abandonment - § 58-28-9. Renumbered as § 58-28-601 by Laws 2006, c. 109, § 17, eff. May 1, 2006
Title 10. Utah Municipal Code. Chapter 8. Powers and Duties of All Cities. Article 1. General Powers
§ 10-8-65. Dogs--License and tax--Destruction, sale or other disposal
They may license, tax, regulate or prohibit the keeping of dogs, and authorize the destruction, sale or other disposal of the same when at large contrary to ordinance.
Laws 1911, c. 120, § 1; Laws 1915, c. 100, § 1; Laws 1967, c. 23, § 1.
Title 10. Utah Municipal Code. Chapter 17. Municipal Animal Shelter Pet Sterilization Act
§ 10-17-101. Title
This chapter is known as the "Municipal Animal Shelter Pet Sterilization Act."
Laws 1998, c. 156, § 1, eff. May 4, 1998.
§ 10-17-102. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Animal" means a cat or dog.
(2) "Animal shelter" means a facility or program:
(a) providing services for stray, lost, or unwanted animals, including holding and placing the animals for adoption, but does not include an institution conducting research on animals, as defined in Section 26-26-1; and
(b) operated by:
(i) a first or second class county as defined in Section 17-50-501;
(ii) a city of the first, second, or third class;
(iii) a first or second class county operating the shelter jointly with any municipality; or
(iv) a private humane society or private animal welfare organization located within a first or second class county or within a city of the first, second, or third class.
(3) "Person" means an individual, an entity, or a representative of an entity.
(4) "Proof of sterilization" means a written document signed by a veterinarian licensed under Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act, stating:
(a) a specified animal has been sterilized;
(b) the date on which the sterilization was performed; and
(c) the location where the sterilization was performed.
(5) "Recipient" means the person to whom an animal shelter transfers an animal for adoption.
(6) "Sterilization deposit" means the portion of a fee charged by an animal shelter to a recipient or claimant of an unsterilized animal to ensure the animal is timely sterilized in accordance with an agreement between the recipient or the claimant and the animal shelter.
(7) "Sterilized" means that an animal has been surgically altered, either by the spaying of a female animal or by the neutering of a male animal, so it is unable to reproduce.
(8) "Transfer" means that an animal shelter sells, gives away, places for adoption, or transfers an animal to a recipient.
Laws 1998, c. 156, § 2, eff. May 4, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 318, § 13, eff. May 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 292, § 42, eff. May 5, 2003.
§ 10-17-103. Animal shelters shall transfer only sterilized animals, or shall require sterilization deposit
(1) An animal shelter may not transfer an animal that has not been sterilized, except as provided in Subsection (2) or Section 10-17-105.5.
(2) An animal shelter may transfer an animal for adoption that has not been sterilized only if the animal shelter:
(a) establishes a written agreement, executed by the recipient, stating the animal is not sterilized and the recipient agrees in writing to be responsible for ensuring the animal is sterilized:
(i) within 30 days after the agreement is signed, if the animal is six months of age or older; or
(ii) if the animal is younger than six months of age, within 30 days after the animal becomes six months of age; and
(b) receives from the recipient a sterilization deposit as provided under
Section 10-17-104, the terms of which are part of the written agreement executed by the recipient under this section.
Laws 1998, c. 156, § 3, eff. May 4, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 217, § 1, eff. March 14, 2000.
§ 10-17-104. Sterilization deposit
(1) A sterilization deposit may be:
(a) a portion of the adoption fee or purchase price of the pet, which will enable the adopter to take the pet for sterilization to a veterinarian with whom the animal shelter has an agreement that the veterinarian will bill the animal shelter directly for the sterilization;
(b) a deposit that is:
(i) refundable to the recipient if proof of sterilization of the animal within the appropriate time limits under Section 10-17-103 is presented to the animal shelter not more than three months after the date the animal is sterilized; and
(ii) forfeited to the animal shelter if proof of sterilization is not presented to the animal shelter in compliance with Subsection (1)(b)(i); or
(c) a deposit under Section 10-17-105.5 required for an owner to claim an unsterilized animal impounded at the animal shelter.
(2) Sterilization deposits under Subsection (1) shall reflect the average reduced cost of a sterilization of an animal, based on the gender and weight of the animal, that is reasonably available in the area where the animal shelter is located, but the deposit may not be less than $25.
(3) If a female dog or cat and her litter are transferred to one person, a sterilization deposit is required only for the female dog or cat.
(4) All sterilization deposits forfeited or unclaimed under this section shall be retained by the animal shelter and shall be used by the animal shelter only for:
(a) a program to sterilize animals, which may include a sliding scale fee program;
(b) a public education program to reduce and prevent overpopulation of animals and the related costs to local governments;
(c) a follow-up program to assure that animals transferred by the animal shelter are sterilized in accordance with the agreement executed under Section 10-17-103; and
(d) any additional costs incurred by the animal shelter in the administration of the requirements of this chapter.
Laws 1998, c. 156, § 4, eff. May 4, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 217, § 2, eff. March 14, 2000.
§ 10-17-105. Failure to comply with sterilization agreement
If a recipient fails to comply with the sterilization agreement under Subsection 10-17-103(2):
(1) the failure is ground for seizure and impoundment of the animal by the animal shelter from whom the recipient obtained the animal;
(2) the recipient relinquishes all ownership rights regarding the animal and any claim to expenses incurred in maintenance and care of the animal; and
(3) the recipient forfeits the sterilization deposit.
Laws 1998, c. 156, § 5, eff. May 4, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 217, § 3, eff. March 14, 2000.
§ 10-17-105.5. Sterilization deposit--When required for redemption by owner of impounded animal
(1) Upon the second impound within a 12-month period and upon any subsequent impound of an animal that is claimed by its owner, an animal shelter may release the impounded animal to its owner only upon payment of all impound fees required by the shelter and:
(a) receipt of proof the animal has been sterilized; or
(b) a sterilization deposit.
(2) The sterilization deposit shall be refunded to the owner only if the owner provides proof of sterilization to the animal shelter within 30 days of release of the animal to the owner.
Laws 2000, c. 217, § 4, eff. March 14, 2000.
§ 10-17-106. Penalties
(1)(a) A person who knowingly commits any of the violations in Subsection (2) is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $250 on a first violation of Subsection (2), and a civil penalty of not less than $500 on any second or subsequent violation of Subsection (2).
(b) The administrator of the animal shelter imposes the civil penalties under this section.
(2) A person is subject to the civil penalties under Subsection (1) who:
(a) falsifies any proof of sterilization submitted for the purpose of compliance with this chapter;
(b) provides to an animal shelter or a licensed veterinarian inaccurate information regarding ownership of any animal required to be submitted for sterilization under this chapter;
(c) submits to an animal shelter false information regarding sterilization fees or fee schedules; or
(d) issues a check for insufficient funds for any sterilization deposit required of the person under this chapter.
(3) A person who contests a civil penalty imposed against him under this section is entitled to an administrative hearing that provides for the person's rights of due process.
(4) All penalties collected under this section shall be retained by the animal shelter imposing the penalties, to be used solely for the purposes under Subsection 10-17-104(4).
Laws 1998, c. 156, § 6, eff. May 4, 1998.
§ 10-17-107. Local ordinances may be no less restrictive
Local ordinances or the adoption or placement procedures of any animal shelter shall be at least as restrictive as the provisions of this chapter.
Laws 1998, c. 156, § 7, eff. May 4, 1998.
Title 18. Dogs. Chapter 1. Injuries by Dogs.
§ 18-1-1. Liability of owners--Scienter--Dogs used in law enforcement
Every person owning or keeping a dog shall be liable in damages for injury committed by such dog, and it shall not be necessary in any action brought therefor to allege or prove that such dog was of a vicious or mischievous disposition or that the owner or keeper thereof knew that it was vicious or mischievous; but neither the state nor any county, city, or town in the state nor any peace officer employed by any of them shall be liable in damages for injury committed by a dog when: (1) The dog has been trained to assist in law enforcement, and (2) The injury occurs while the dog is reasonably and carefully being used in the apprehension, arrest, or location of a suspected offender or in maintaining or controlling the public order.
Laws 1971, c. 29, § 1.
§ 18-1-2. Dogs acting together--Actions--Parties--Judgment
Where any injury has been committed by two or more dogs acting together and such dogs are owned or kept by different persons, all such persons may be joined as defendants in the same action to recover damages therefor, and the amount found by the court or jury as damages for such injury shall be apportioned among the several defendants found liable and judgment shall be entered severally against them for the amount so apportioned.
Codifications R.S. 1898, § 71; C.L. 1907, § 71; C.L. 1917, § 113; R.S. 1933, § 24-0-2; C. 1943, § 24-0-2.
§ 18-1-3. Dogs attacking domestic animals, assistance animals, hoofed protected wildlife, or domestic fowls
Any person may injure or kill a dog while:
(1) the dog is attacking, chasing, or worrying:
(a) a domestic animal having a commercial value; (b) a service animal, as defined in Section 62A-5b-102; or (c) any species of hoofed protected wildlife;
(2) the dog is attacking domestic fowls; or
(3) the dog is being pursued for committing an act described in Subsection (1) or (2).
Laws 1933, c. 17, § 1; Laws 1973, c. 27, § 1; Laws 2000, c. 302, § 1, eff. May 1, 2000; Laws 2007, c. 22, § 1, eff. April 30, 2007.
Title 23. Wildlife Resources Code of Utah. Chapter 17. Birds.
§ 23-17-8. Dog field meets
It is lawful within the state of Utah to hold dog field meets or trials where dogs are permitted to work in exhibition or contest where the skill of dogs is demonstrated by locating or retrieving birds which have been obtained from a legal source. Before any meet or trial is held, application must be made in writing to the division of wildlife resources, which may authorize the meet or trial under rules and regulations promulgated by the wildlife board.
Laws 1971, c. 46, § 58.
Title 23. Wildlife Resources Code of Utah. Chapter 17. Birds
§ 23-17-9. Training of dogs--Use of protected or privately owned wildlife
The wildlife board may authorize the use of protected wildlife or privately owned wildlife for the training of dogs within the state of Utah under rules and regulations it may promulgate.
Laws 1971, c. 46, § 59.
Title 23. Wildlife Resources Code of Utah. Chapter 20. Enforcement--Violations and Penalties.
§ 23-20-3. Taking, transporting, selling, or purchasing protected wildlife illegal except as authorized--Penalty
(1) Except as provided in this title or a rule, proclamation, or order of the Wildlife Board, a person may not:
(a) take or permit his dog to take:
(i) protected wildlife or their parts;
(ii) an occupied nest of protected wildlife; or
(iii) an egg of protected wildlife;
(b) transport, ship, or cause to be shipped protected wildlife or their parts;
(c) sell or purchase protected wildlife or their parts; or
(d) possess protected wildlife or their parts unaccompanied by a valid license, permit, tag, certificate of registration, bill of sale, or invoice.
(2) Possession of protected wildlife without a valid license, permit, tag, certificate of registration, bill of sale, or invoice is prima facie evidence that the protected wildlife was illegally taken and is illegally held in possession.
(3) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he:
(a) violates any provision of Subsection (1); and
(b) does so with criminal negligence as defined in Subsection 76-2-103(4).
Laws 1992, c. 27, § 3; Laws 1995, c. 211, § 24, eff. May 1, 1995.
§ 23-20-4.5. Illegal taking, possession, or wanton destruction of protected wildlife--Restitution--Reimbursable damages--Assessment by magistrates-- Disposition of monies
(1) When a person is adjudged guilty of illegal taking, illegal possession, or wanton destruction of protected wildlife, other than any trophy animal, the court may order the defendant to pay restitution as set forth in Subsection (2), or a greater or lesser amount, for the value of each animal taken, possessed, or destroyed, unless the court finds that restitution is inappropriate.
(2) Suggested minimum restitution values for protected wildlife are as follows:
(a) $1,000 per animal for:
(i) bison;
(ii) bighorn sheep;
(iii) rocky mountain goat;
(iv) moose;
(v) bear;
(vi) peregrine falcon; or
(vii) endangered species;
(b) $750 per animal for:
(i) elk; or
(ii) threatened species;
(c) $500 per animal for:
(i) golden eagle;
(ii) river otter; or
(iii) gila monster;
(d) $400 per animal for:
(i) pronghorn antelope; or
(ii) deer;
(e) $350 per animal for:
(i) cougar; or
(ii) bobcat;
(f) $100 per animal for:
(i) swan;
(ii) sandhill crane;
(iii) turkey;
(iv) pelican;
(v) loon;
(vi) egrets;
(vii) herons;
(viii) raptors, except those that are threatened or endangered;
(ix) Utah milk snake; or
(x) Utah mountain king snake;
(g) $35 per animal for furbearers, except:
(i) bobcat;
(ii) river otter; and
(iii) threatened or endangered species;
(h) $25 per animal for trout, char, salmon, grayling, tiger muskellunge, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and wiper;
(i) $15 per animal for game birds, except:
(i) turkey;
(ii) swan; and
(iii) sandhill crane;
(j) $10 per animal for game fish not listed in Subsection (2)(h);
(k) $8 per pound dry weight of processed brine shrimp including eggs; and
(l) $5 per animal for protected wildlife not listed.
(3) If the court finds that restitution is inappropriate or if the value imposed is less than the suggested minimum value as provided in Subsection (2), the court shall make the reasons for the decision part of the record.
(4) The court shall order any person convicted of a third degree felony under Subsection 23-20-4(3)(a)(ii) to pay restitution. Minimum restitution values for trophy animals are as follows:
(a) $30,000 per animal for bighorn, desert, or rocky mountain sheep;
(b) $8,000 per animal for deer;
(c) $8,000 per animal for elk;
(d) $6,000 per animal for moose or mountain goat;
(e) $6,000 per animal for bison; and
(f) $2,000 per animal for pronghorn antelope.
(5) Any restitution shall be remitted to the division and deposited in the Wildlife Resources Account.
(6) Restitution monies shall be used by the division for activities and programs to help stop poaching, including:
(a) educational programs on wildlife crime prevention;
(b) acquisition and development of wildlife crime detection equipment;
(c) operation and maintenance of anti-poaching projects; and
(d) wildlife law enforcement training.
(7) If restitution is required it shall be in addition to:
(a) any other fine or penalty imposed for a violation of any provision of this title; and
(b) any remedial action taken to revoke or suspend a person's license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration.
(8) A judgment imposed under this section constitutes a lien when recorded in the judgment docket and shall have the same effect and is subject to the same rules as a judgment for money in a civil action.
Laws 1992, c. 27, § 5; Laws 1996, c. 265, § 3, eff. April 29, 1996; Laws 2003, c. 125, § 2, eff. May 5, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 119, § 1, eff. May 3, 2004.
Title 26. Utah Health Code. Chapter 6. Utah Communicable Disease Control Act.
§26-6-1. Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Utah Communicable Disease Control Act."
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 7.
§ 26-6-2. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Carrier" means an infected individual or animal who harbors a specific infectious agent in the absence of discernible clinical disease and serves as a potential source of infection for man. The carrier state may occur in an individual with an infection that is inapparent throughout its course, commonly known as healthy or asymptomatic carrier, or during the incubation period, convalescence, and postconvalescence of an individual with a clinically recognizable disease, commonly known as incubatory carrier or convalescent carrier. Under either circumstance the carrier state may be of short duration, as a temporary or transient carrier, or long duration, as a chronic carrier.
(2) "Communicable disease" means illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products which arises through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host, either directly, as from an infected individual or animal, or indirectly, through an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment.
(3) "Communicable period" means the time or times during which an infectious agent may be transferred directly or indirectly from an infected individual to another individual, from an infected animal to man, or from an infected man to an animal, including arthropods.
(4) "Contact" means an individual or animal having had association with an infected individual, animal, or contaminated environment so as to have had an opportunity to acquire the infection.
(5) "Epidemic" means the occurrence or outbreak in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of normal expectancy and derived from a common or propagated source. The number of cases indicating an epidemic will vary according to the infectious agent, size, and type of population exposed, previous experience or lack of exposure to the disease, and time and place of occurrence. Epidemicity is considered to be relative to usual frequency of the disease in the same area, among the specified population, at the same season of the year.
(6) "Incubation period" means the time interval between exposure to an infectious agent and appearance of the first sign or symptom of the disease in question.
(7) "Infected individual" means an individual who harbors an infectious agent and who has manifest disease or inapparent infection. An infected individual is one from whom the infectious agent can be naturally acquired.
(8) "Infection" means the entry and development or multiplication of an infectious agent in the body of man or animals. Infection is not synonymous with infectious disease; the result may be inapparent or manifest. The presence of living infectious agents on exterior surfaces of the body, or upon articles of apparel or soiled articles, is not infection, but contamination of such surfaces and articles.
(9) "Infectious agent" means an organism such as a virus, rickettsia, bacteria, fungus, protozoan, or helminth that is capable of producing infection or infectious disease.
(10) "Infectious disease" means a disease of man or animals resulting from an infection.
(11) "Isolation" means the separation, for the period of communicability, of infected individuals or animals from others, in such places and under such conditions as to prevent the direct or indirect conveyance of the infectious agent from those infected to those who are susceptible or who may spread the agent to others.
(12) "Quarantine" means the restriction of the activities of well individuals or animals who have been exposed to a communicable disease during its period of communicability to prevent disease transmission.
(13) "School" means a public, private, or parochial nursery school, licensed or unlicensed day care center, child care facility, family care home, headstart program, kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school through grade 12.
(14) "Sexually transmitted disease" means those diseases transmitted through sexual intercourse or any other sexual contact.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 7; Laws 1996, c. 211, § 1, eff. April 29, 1996.
[§ 26-6-3 - § 26-6-10. Repealed by Laws 1996, c. 211, § 19, eff. April 29, 1996 (related to HIV, Tuberculosis, and other human-related diseases) omitted]
§26-6-11. Rabies or other animal disease--Investigation and order of quarantine
Whenever rabies or any other animal disease dangerous to the health of human beings is reported, the department shall investigate to determine whether such disease exists, and the probable area of the state in which man or beast is thereby endangered. If the department finds that such disease exists, a quarantine may be declared against all animals designated in the quarantine order and within the area specified in the order. If the quarantine is for the purpose of preventing the spread of rabies or hydrophobia, the order shall contain a warning to the owners of dogs within the quarantined area to confine or muzzle all dogs to prevent biting. Any dog not muzzled found running at large in a quarantined area or any dog known to have been removed from or escaped from such area, may be killed by any person without liability therefor.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 7.
§26-6-12. Rabies or other animal disease--Investigation following order of quarantine
Following the order of quarantine the department shall make a thorough investigation as to the extent of the disease, the probable number of persons and beasts exposed, and the area involved.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 7.
§26-6-13. Rabies or other animal disease--Authority of peace officer to kill or capture animals
During the period any quarantine order is in force all peace officers may kill or capture and hold for further action by the department all animals in a quarantined area not held in restraint on private premises.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 7.
§26-6-14. Rabies or other animal disease--Quarantine defined
Quarantine for the purposes of sections 26-6-11 through 26-6-13 means strict confinement upon the private premises of the owners, under restraint by leash, closed cage or paddock of all animals specified by the order.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 7.
§26-6-15. Rabies or other animal disease--Possession of animal in violation of chapter a misdemeanor
Any person in possession of any animal being held in violation of this chapter is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 7.
[§ 26-6-16 - § 26-6-30 (related to veneral diseases and confidentiality of patient information) ommitted]
Title 26. Utah Health Code. Chapter 26. Experimental Animals.
§ 26-26-1. "Institution" defined
As used in this chapter, "institution" means any school or college of agriculture, veterinary medicine, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry or other educational, hospital or scientific establishment properly concerned with the investigation of or instruction concerning the structure or functions of living organisms, the cause, prevention, control or cure of diseases or abnormal condition of human beings or animals.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 25.
§ 26-26-2. Authorization for institutions to obtain impounded animals
Institutions may apply to the department for authorization to obtain animals from establishments maintained for the impounding, care and disposal of animals seized by lawful authority. If, after investigation, the department finds that the institution meets the requirements of this chapter and its rules and that the public interest will be served thereby, it may authorize the institution to obtain animals under this chapter.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 25.
§ 26-26-3. Period of impoundment and effort to find owner prerequisite to delivery of animals to institution by governing body of county or municipality--Owner's prerogative regarding provision of animal to an institution
The governing body of the county or municipality in which an establishment is located shall make available to an authorized institution as many impounded animals in that establishment as the institution may request; provided, however, that such animals shall have been legally impounded at least five days or for such other minimum period as may be specified by municipal ordinance, and remain unclaimed and unredeemed by their owners or by any other person entitled to do so. The establishment shall first make a reasonable effort to find the rightful owner of such animal, and if the owner is not found, shall make a reasonable effort to make the animal available to others during the impound period. Owners of animals who voluntarily provide their animals to an establishment may, by signature, determine whether or not the animal may be provided to an institution or used for research or educational purposes.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 25; Laws 1989, c. 80, § 1.
§ 26-26-4. Institution to pay transportation expense--Restrictions on use of animals--Fee
The authorized institution shall provide, at its own expense, for the transportation of such animals from the establishment to the institution and shall use them only in the conduct of scientific and educational activities and for no other purpose. The institution shall reimburse the establishment for animals received. The fee shall be, at a minimum, $15 for cats and $20 for dogs. That fee shall be increased as determined by the department, based on fluctuations or changes in the Consumer Price Index.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 25; Laws 1989, c. 80, § 2.
§ 26-26-5. Records of animals required
Each establishment referred to in section 26-26-2 shall keep a public record of all animals received and disposed of.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 25.
§ 26-26-6. Revocation of authorization
The department upon 15 days written notice and an opportunity to be heard, may revoke an institution's authorization if the institution has violated any provision of this chapter, or has failed to comply with the conditions required by the department in respect to the issuance of authorization.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 25.
§ 26-26-7. Adoption of rules by department--Inspection and investigation of institutions
(1) In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the department may adopt rules for:
(a) controlling the humane use of animals;
(b) diagnosis and treatment of human and animal diseases;
(c) advancement of veterinary, dental, medical, and biological sciences; and
(d) testing, improvement, and standardization of laboratory specimens, biologic projects, pharmaceuticals, and drugs.
(2) The department may inspect or investigate any institution that applies for or is authorized to obtain animals.
Laws 1981, c. 126, § 25; Laws 1989, c. 80, § 3.
Title 58. Occupations and Professions. Chapter 28. Veterinary Practice Act.
§ 58-28-9. Animal abandonment - § 58-28-9. Renumbered as § 58-28-601 by Laws 2006, c. 109, § 17, eff. May 1, 2006
§ 58-28-601. Animal abandonment
(1) Any animal which suffers abandonment for a period of five days may be sold or placed in the custody of the nearest humane society or county dog pound if the animal is not picked up within seven days after mailing a notification, by certified mail, to the last known address of the person placing the animal in the veterinarian's custody. If no humane society or dog pound is located in the county, the animal may be disposed of in a humane manner.
(2) A veterinarian who complies with this section is relieved from liability for the disposal or sale of abandoned animals.
Laws 2006, c. 109, § 17, eff. May 1, 2006.
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