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Code · Michigan · Chapter 287 — Animal Industry

287.381 Definitions.

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287.381 Definitions.
Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a)"Animal protection shelter" means a facility that is registered under section 6 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287.336, and is operated by any of the following:
(i)A person.
(ii)A humane society.
(iii)A society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
(iv)Any other nonprofit organization for the care of homeless animals.
(b)"Cat" means a domestic cat of any age of the species Felis catus.
(c)"Dealer" means a person that for compensation or profit delivers for transportation, transports, boards, buys, or sells dogs or cats for research purposes. Dealer does not include a person that breeds or raises dogs or cats for sale to a research facility.
(d)"Department" means the department of agriculture and rural development.
(e)"Director" means the director of the department.
(f)"Dog" means a domestic dog of any age of the species Canis lupus familiaris.
(g)"Laboratory animal" means a dog or cat that is used or intended to be used for laboratory research at a research facility.
(h)"Laboratory research" means research, tests, or experiments conducted for education, scientific, medical, or experimental purposes.
(i)"Municipality" means a county, city, village, or township.
(j)"Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.
(k)"Research facility" means a school, hospital, laboratory, institution, organization, or person that is licensed or otherwise registered with the United States Department of Agriculture, that uses or intends to use a laboratory animal in laboratory research, and that does 1 or both of the following:
(i)Purchases or transports laboratory animals.
(ii)Receives funds from this state, a local government, or an agency or instrumentality of this state or a local government to finance its operations through grants, loans, or other funds.
History: 1969, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 315 , Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
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