Iowa Code agency 21, ch. 67 - ANIMAL WELFARE
- Rule 21-67.1 - Definitions
- Rule 21-67.2 - Animals included in rules
- Rule 21-67.3 - Housing facilities and primary enclosures
- Rule 21-67.4 - General care and husbandry standards
- Rule 21-67.5 - Transportation
- Rule 21-67.6 - Purchase, sale, trade and adoption
- Rule 21-67.7 - Boarding kennels, commercial kennels, animal shelters, pounds and dealers
- Rule 21-67.8 - Dog day cares
- Rule 21-67.9 - In-home facilities
- Rule 21-67.10 - Rescues
- Rule 21-67.11 - Foster oversight organizations and foster care homes
- Rule 21-67.12 - Public health
- Rule 21-67.13 - Access, seizure and impoundment
- Rule 21-67.14 - Loss of license or denial of license
- Rule 21-67.15 - Applicability to commercial establishments with federal licenses
- Rule 21-67.16 - Acceptable forms of euthanasia
- Rule 21-67.17 - Greyhound breeder or farm fee
- Rule 21-67.18 - Research facilities
Notes
[Prior to 7/27/88 see Agriculture Department 30-Ch 20]
Chapter rescission date pursuant to Iowa Code section 17A.7: 1/1/28
These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 162.
[Filed 12/9/74]
[Filed 1/13/84, Notice 12/7/83-published 2/l/84, effective 3/7/84]
[Filed emergency 7/25/85-published 8/14/85, effective 7/25/85]
[Filed 9/20/85, Notice 8/14/85-published 10/9/85, effective 11/13/85]
[Filed 8/8/86, Notice 7/2/86-published 8/27/86, effective 10/1/86]
[Filed emergency 7/8/88 after Notice 6/1/88-published 7/27/88, effective 7/8/88]
[Filed 6/7/91, Notice 3/20/91-published 6/26/91, effective 7/31/91]
[Filed 12/17/93, Notice 9/15/93-published 1/5/94, effective 2/9/94]
[Filed 8/26/94, Notice 7/20/94-published 9/14/94, effective 10/19/94]
[Filed 3/6/97, Notice 9/11/96-published 3/26/97, effective 4/30/97]
[Filed 7/10/98, Notice 5/6/98-published 7/29/98, effective 9/2/98]
[Filed 5/7/04, Notice 2/18/04-published 5/26/04, effective 6/30/04]
[Filed 2/21/07, Notice 12/20/06-published 3/14/07, effective 4/18/07]
[Filed emergency 8/15/08-published 9/10/08, effective 8/15/08]
[Filed Emergency ARC 8636B, IAB 4/7/10, effective 3/9/10]
[Filed Emergency ARC 8847B, IAB 6/16/10, effective 5/20/10]
[Filed Emergency ARC 9456B, IAB 4/6/11, effective 3/18/11]
[Filed ARC 9670B (Notice ARC 9525B, IAB 6/1/11), IAB 8/10/11, effective 9/14/11]
[Filed ARC 4789C (Notice ARC 4696C, IAB
10/9/19), IAB 12/4/19, effective 1/8/20]
[Filed ARC 5713C (Notice ARC 5298C, IAB 12/2/20), IAB 6/16/21, effective 7/21/21]
[Filed ARC 6213C (Notice ARC 6111C, IAB 12/29/21), IAB 2/23/22, effective 3/30/22]
[Filed ARC 6785C (Notice ARC 6517C, IAB 9/7/22), IAB 1/11/23, effective 2/15/23]
January 8, 2020, effective date of paragraph 67.8(4)"b" delayed until the adjournment of 2020 session of the General Assembly by the Administrative Rules Review Committee at its meeting held December 10, 2019.
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
- Rule 21-67.1 - Definitions
- Rule 21-67.2 - Animals included in rules
- Rule 21-67.3 - Housing facilities and primary enclosures
- Rule 21-67.4 - General care and husbandry standards
- Rule 21-67.5 - Transportation
- Rule 21-67.6 - Purchase, sale, trade and adoption
- Rule 21-67.7 - Boarding kennels, commercial kennels, animal shelters, pounds and dealers
- Rule 21-67.8 - Dog day cares
- Rule 21-67.9 - In-home facilities
- Rule 21-67.10 - Rescues
- Rule 21-67.11 - Foster oversight organizations and foster care homes
- Rule 21-67.12 - Public health
- Rule 21-67.13 - Access, seizure and impoundment
- Rule 21-67.14 - Loss of license or denial of license
- Rule 21-67.15 - Applicability to commercial establishments with federal licenses
- Rule 21-67.16 - Acceptable forms of euthanasia
- Rule 21-67.17 - Greyhound breeder or farm fee
- Rule 21-67.18 - Research facilities