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| Public Act 100-0323 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||
Research Dogs and Cats Adoption Act. | ||||
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||
"Animal adoption organization" means a non-profit | ||||
organization authorized to conduct affairs in this State, | ||||
incorporated for the purpose of adopting animals in need and | ||||
finding permanent, adoptive homes for the animals and licensed | ||||
as an animal shelter under the Animal Welfare Act. | ||||
"Attending veterinarian" means a person who is in the | ||||
employ of the research facility and who meets the definition of | ||||
attending veterinarian in regulations promulgated under the | ||||
federal Animal Welfare Act (9 CFR 1.1). | ||||
"Public funds" means appropriated and non-appropriated | ||||
funding from the State or federal government. | ||||
"Research facility" means an institution of higher | ||||
education located in this State that utilizes dogs or cats for | ||||
scientific, educational, or research purposes and receives | ||||
public funds for those purposes. | ||||
"Research facility adoption policy" means an adoption | ||||
policy for dogs and cats that details the specific steps that a | ||||
research facility takes to provide for the adoption of a dog or | ||
cat that is no longer necessary for scientific, educational, or | ||
research purposes and that, in the opinion of the dog's or | ||
cat's attending veterinarian, is suitable for adoption. The | ||
policy shall apply only to dogs or cats owned by the research | ||
facility. | ||
Section 10. Research dog and cat adoption. | ||
(a) A research facility, after the completion of any | ||
research involving a dog or cat, shall assess the health of the | ||
dog or cat and determine whether it is suitable for adoption. | ||
(b) A research facility shall thereafter make reasonable | ||
efforts to offer for adoption a dog or cat determined to be | ||
suitable for adoption, either through private placement or | ||
through an animal adoption organization. | ||
(c) A research facility that provides a dog or cat to an | ||
animal adoption organization under its research facility | ||
adoption policy is immune from any civil liability resulting | ||
from the research facility's actions as described in this | ||
Section, except for willful or wanton misconduct. | ||
(d) Nothing in this Section shall create a duty upon an | ||
animal adoption organization to accept a dog or cat offered for | ||
adoption by a research facility. | ||
(e) An attending veterinarian shall have the authority to | ||
assess the health of the dog or cat and determine whether the | ||
dog or cat is suitable for adoption. | ||
(f) A research facility that owns dogs or cats for | ||
scientific, educational, or research purposes shall have a | ||
research facility adoption policy. The research facility | ||
adoption policy shall be made available on the research | ||
facility's website.
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