Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 47 > Article 17 - Pet Animal Act

• Adequate veterinary medical care: means :

  (A) A documented program of disease control and prevention, euthanasia and routine veterinary care shall be established and maintained under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, on a form provided by the commissioner, and shall include a documented on-site visit to the premises by the veterinarian at least once a year;

  (B) that diseased, ill, injured, lame or blind animals shall be provided with veterinary care as is needed for the health and well-being of the animal, and such veterinary care shall be documented and maintained on the premises; and

  (C) all documentation required by subsections (dd)(1)(A) and (dd)(1)(B) shall be made available to the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative for inspection or copying upon request and shall be maintained for three years after the effective date of the program or the administration of such veterinary care. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701

• Animal: means any live dog, cat, rabbit, rodent, nonhuman primate, bird or other warm-blooded vertebrate or any fish, snake or other cold-blooded vertebrate. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Animal breeder: means any person who operates an animal breeder premises. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Animal breeder premises: means any premises where all or part of six or more litters of dogs or cats, or both, or 30 or more dogs or cats, or both, are sold, or offered or maintained for sale, primarily at wholesale for resale to another. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Animal control officer: means any person employed by, contracted with or appointed by the state, or any political subdivision thereof, for the purpose of aiding in the enforcement of this law, or any other law or ordinance relating to the licensing or permitting of animals, control of animals or seizure and impoundment of animals, and includes any state, county or municipal law enforcement officer, dog warden, constable or other employee, whose duties in whole or in part include assignments that involve the seizure or taking into custody of any animal. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Animal distributor: means any person who operates an animal distributor premises. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Animal distributor premises: means the premises of any person engaged in the business of buying for resale dogs or cats, or both, as a principal or agent, or who holds such distributor's self out to be so engaged. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Boarding or training kennel operator: means any person who operates an establishment where four or more dogs or cats, or both, are maintained in any one week during the license year for boarding, training or similar purposes for a fee or compensation. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Cat: means an animal that is wholly or in part of the species Felis domesticus. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Commissioner: means the animal health commissioner of the Kansas department of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dog: means any animal that is wholly or in part of the species Canis familiaris. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Euthanasia: means the humane destruction of an animal, which may be accomplished by any of those methods provided for in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Hobby breeder: means any person who operates a hobby breeder premises. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Hobby breeder premises: means any premises where all or part of three, four or five litters of dogs or cats, or both, are produced for sale or sold, offered or maintained for sale per license year. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Housing facility: means any room, building or area used to contain a primary enclosure or enclosures. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Out-of-state distributor: means any person residing in a state other than Kansas, who is engaged in the business of buying for resale dogs or cats, or both, within the state of Kansas, as a principal or agent. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• permit year: means the 12-month period ending on September 30. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Person: means any individual, association, partnership, corporation or other entity. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Pet shop: means any premises where there are sold, or offered or maintained for sale, at retail and not for resale to another:

  (A) Any dogs or cats, or both; or

  (B) any other animals except those that are produced and raised on such premises and are sold, or offered or maintained for sale, by a person who resides on such premises. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701

• Pet shop operator: means any person who operates a pet shop. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• pound: means a facility that is used or designed for use to house, contain, impound or harbor any seized stray, homeless, relinquished or abandoned animal or a person who acts as an animal rescuer, or who collects and cares for unwanted animals or offers them for adoption. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Primary enclosure: means any structure used or designed for use to restrict any animal to a limited amount of space, such as a room, pen, cage, compartment or hutch. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Ratites: means all creatures of the ratite family that are not indigenous to this state, including, but not limited to, ostriches, emus and rheas. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Research facility: means any place, laboratory or institution, except an elementary school, secondary school, college or university, at which any scientific test, experiment or investigation involving the use of any living animal is carried out, conducted or attempted. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Retail: means any transaction where the animal is sold to the final consumer. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Retail breeder: means any person who operates a retail breeder premises. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Retail breeder premises: means any premises where all or part of six or more litters or 30 or more dogs or cats, or both, are sold, or offered or maintained for sale, primarily at retail and not for resale to another. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• sold: include transfers by sale or exchange. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Wholesale: means any transaction where the animal is sold for the purpose of resale to another. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701