DRAFT
The table of laws evaluates laboratory animal welfare on the basis of eight categories. These categories were selected subsequent to a comprehensive review of state-level laws pertinent to laboratory-based animal welfare and promotion of new approach methods. These eight categories are both a reflection of what was observed as well as what appeared to be missing.
- Acquisition: This category covers statutes that regulate how research facilities obtain animals for testing or research purposes.
- Cosmetic Ban: This category covers statutes that regulate the sale, manufacture, importation, or distribution of cosmetics developed using
- animal testing.
- Disposition: This category covers statutes that regulate the transfer, release, retirement, adoption, or other disposition of animals after their use in research.
- Licensing & Registration: This category includes statutes that establish licensing, registration, certification, or permitting requirements for entities involved in animal testing or related activities, including research facilities, breeders, dealers, and adoption organizations.
- NAM Utilization & Promotion: This category includes statutes that promote the development or use of nonanimal research methods, including New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) and validated alternatives testing methods.
- Records & Reporting: This category includes statutes that impose recordkeeping, disclosure, or reporting obligations on research facilities or related entities.
- Welfare: This category includes statutes governing the treatment, housing, handling, and care of animals used in research or testing. It encompasses standards related to humane treatment, environmental conditions, sanitation, feeding, exercise, veterinary care, pain management, and the minimization of unnecessary suffering.
- Other: This is a ninth non-specific, catch all category that includes statutes related to laboratory animal research or new approach methods that do not fit neatly within the defined categories above. It encompasses miscellaneous or uniquely structured provisions that address laboratory animal or NAMs regulation, oversight, or research practices.
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California | YES, animal shelter transfer restrictions | X | Cal. Educ. Code § 66017.7 mandates that public and independent institutions of higher education make efforts to ensure the adoption of dogs and cats that were used in research so long as the animal is healthy and BUT Cal. Regulation 17 CCF 115 “At the conclusion of experiments, animals must be killed painlessly [and] shall not be disposed of as pets, except with the expressed permission of the responsible individual. Due consideration in this master shall be given to public health and to the animal's welfare." | Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 1650-1677 outlines the use of animals in medical research. Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1666 requires that research entities receive approval by the State Department of Health Services for the use of animals in research prior to that research being conducted. Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 1662 and 1668 authorizes the State Department of Health Services to inspect the premises of animal research facilities to assess compliance. | X | Cal. Civ. Code § 1834.9.3 restricts canine and feline toxicological experimentation for pesticide or chemical substance approval, notification, registration, or maintenance unless such experimentation is pursuant to EPA requirements, FDA requirements, is for medical research, or is conducted for the purpose of developing products beneficial to dogs and cats. | |||
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