Michigan Laws 287.388a – Offering of laboratory animal for adoption; requirement; exception; animal protection shelter; written agreement; “Teddy’s law”
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 287.388a
- Animal protection shelter: means a facility that is registered under section 6 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287. See Michigan Laws 287.381
- Laboratory animal: means a dog or cat that is used or intended to be used for laboratory research at a research facility. See Michigan Laws 287.381
- Laboratory research: means research, tests, or experiments conducted for education, scientific, medical, or experimental purposes. See Michigan Laws 287.381
- 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. See Michigan Laws 287.381state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) Before euthanizing a laboratory animal no longer needed for laboratory research that the attending veterinarian, as that term is defined in 9 C.F.R. § 1.1, determines is suitable for adoption, a research facility shall offer the laboratory animal directly to its employees or to an animal protection shelter located in this state for adoption.
(2) A research facility that provides a former laboratory animal to an animal protection shelter may enter into a written agreement to carry out the purpose of subsection (1). A written agreement under this subsection may include an acknowledgment that the animal protection shelter accepts and takes responsibility for any and all risks that may be associated with the former laboratory animal and an agreement to waive the right to hold the research facility liable for behavioral or health issues.
(3) An animal protection shelter that places a laboratory animal received from a research facility under subsection (1) for adoption shall enter into a written agreement with the individual that adopts the former laboratory animal. A written agreement under this subsection must include an acknowledgment that the adopting individual understands that the animal was a former laboratory animal. A written agreement under this subsection may also require that the adopting individual accepts any and all risks that may be associated with the former laboratory animal and an agreement to waive the right to hold the animal protection shelter liable for behavioral or health issues.
(4) This section may be known as “Teddy’s law”.