2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-380e. Animal population control program: Definitions.

      Sec. 22-380e. Animal population control program: Definitions. As used in sections 22-380e to 22-380m, inclusive:

      (1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture;

      (2) "Program" means the animal population control program;

      (3) "Account" means the animal population control account;

      (4) "Participating veterinarian" means any veterinarian who has been certified to participate in the program by the commissioner;

      (5) "Pound" means any state or municipal facility where impounded, quarantined or stray dogs and cats are kept or any veterinary hospital or commercial kennel where such dogs or cats are kept by order of a municipality;

      (6) "Eligible owner" means a person who has purchased or adopted a dog or cat from a pound and who is a resident of this state;

      (7) "Medically unfit" means (A) unsuitable for a surgical procedure due to any medical condition that may place a dog or cat at life-threatening risk if a surgical procedure is performed on such animal, as determined by a participating veterinarian, or (B) unsuitable for sterilization due to insufficiency in age, as determined by a participating veterinarian, of a dog or cat under the age of six months;

      (8) "Neuter" means the surgical procedure of castration on a male dog or cat;

      (9) "Spay" means the surgical procedure of ovariohysterectomy on a female dog or cat; and

      (10) "Voucher" means a nontransferable document provided by the commissioner and issued by a pound to an eligible owner authorizing payment of a predetermined amount from the animal population control account to a participating veterinarian.

      (P.A. 92-187, S. 1, 10; P.A. 01-87, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: (Revisor's note: In 1995 references to "fund" in Subdiv. (3) were replaced editorially by the Revisors with references to "account" to conform section with Sec. 22-380g as amended by P.A. 94-95); P.A. 01-87 redefined "participating veterinarian" and defined "medically unfit", "neuter", "spay" and "voucher"; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.