Bill Text: CT HB05399 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Euthanizing Of Animals By The Connecticut Humane Society.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-05 - File Number 378 [HB05399 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05399-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
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Referred to Committee on Environment |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE EUTHANIZING OF ANIMALS BY THE CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 20-197 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
No person shall practice veterinary medicine, surgery or dentistry until he has obtained a license as provided in section 20-199. A person shall be construed to practice veterinary medicine, surgery or dentistry, within the meaning of this chapter, who holds himself out as being able to diagnose, administer biologics for, treat, operate or prescribe for any animal or bird disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition, or who either offers or undertakes, by any means or methods, to diagnose, administer biologics for, treat, operate or prescribe for any animal or bird disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition. The [euthanizing of animals in accordance with applicable state and federal drug laws by the Connecticut Humane Society, the] floating of teeth in horses by persons experienced in that practice and the performance of myofascial trigger point therapy by persons experienced in that practice shall not be deemed to be the practice of veterinary medicine. For the purposes of this section, "floating teeth" means using hand-held rasps to reduce or eliminate sharp or uneven edges on a horse's upper and lower molars to avoid injury to the tongue and cheeks and to improve chewing food, but does not include treating decay or tumors or extracting teeth. For the purposes of this section, "myofascial trigger point therapy" means the use of specific palpation, compression, stretching and corrective exercise for promoting optimum athleticism, and "persons experienced in that practice" means persons who, prior to October 1, 2003, have attended a minimum of two hundred hours of classroom, lecture and hands-on practice in myofascial trigger point therapy, including animal musculoskeletal anatomy and biomechanics, theory and application of animal myofascial trigger point techniques, factors that habituate a presenting condition and corrective exercise.
Sec. 2. Section 29-108g of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
Any agent or officer of the Connecticut Humane Society may lawfully take charge of and [humanely destroy, or] cause to be humanely destroyed by a person licensed pursuant to section 20-199 to practice veterinary medicine, any abandoned, lost, strayed or homeless animal or animal unsuitable for adoption in his charge if upon examination [a] such licensed veterinarian certifies, in writing, [or if two persons called to view the animal in the presence of an agent or officer of the society find] that the animal is injured, disabled or diseased past recovery, infirm or unsuitable for adoption, or if the owner consents in writing to such destruction. In the absence of such certification or [finding or] redemption by the owner, the society may, after five days, have a licensed veterinarian humanely destroy any animal in its charge pursuant to this section. In lieu of such destruction or redemption by the owner, the society may, in its discretion and without liability, deliver such animal, after five days, to a person other than the owner.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2011 |
20-197 |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2011 |
29-108g |
Statement of Purpose:
To require any euthanizing of animals by the Connecticut Humane Society to be performed by licensed veterinarians.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]