2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-332a. Use of dogs for medical research restricted.
Sec. 22-332a. Use of dogs for medical research restricted. (a) No person shall
procure or use any living dog for medical or biological teaching, research or study except
a hospital, educational institution or laboratory licensed for such purpose in accordance
with the provisions of section 22-332b. No such hospital, educational institution or
laboratory shall purchase or accept, without fee, any living dog from any municipal
animal control officer, pound, kennel or commercial kennel in this state.
(1963, P.A. 14, S. 1; P.A. 80-315, S. 2; P.A. 91-59, S. 7; P.A. 98-12, S. 9, 22.)
History: P.A. 80-315 prohibited hospital's or laboratory's, etc. acceptance of dog from pound, etc. "without fee" in Subsec. (a), replaced former Subsec. (b), prohibition incorporated into Subsec. (a), with prohibition against sale of animal to animal dealer by canine control officer or warden and deleted former Subsec. (c) which had exempted officers or agencies of U.S., state or political subdivision from provisions of Subsec. (a); P.A. 91-59 replaced references to "local dog warden" with references to "municipal animal control officer"; P.A. 98-12 changed "canine control officer" to "animal control officer" in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1998.
Cited. 218 C. 757, 765.
Cited. 21 CA 629, 633.
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