Kan. Admin. Regs. § 9-18-4 - Definitions
For purposes of this article of the department's regulations, each of the following terms shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a) "Act " means Kansas pet
animal act ,
K.S.A.
47-1701 et seq., and amendments
thereto.
(b) "Adult animal " means a
dog or cat that is four months of age or older.
(c) "Housing facility " has the meaning
specified in
K.S.A.
47-1701, and amendments thereto, and shall
include any land or area housing or intended to house animals.
(d) "Indoor housing facility " means any
structure or building with environmental controls that houses or is intended to
house animals and that is an enclosure created by the continuous connection of
a roof, walls, and floor.
(e)
"Licensee " means the individual, group of individuals, or entity to whom a
license is issued by the Kansas department of agriculture, animal health
division's animal facility inspection program.
(f) "Outdoor housing facility " means any
facility that houses or is intended to house animals and does not meet the
definition of indoor housing facility or sheltered housing facility . The
temperatures for outdoor housing facilities typically cannot be
controlled.
(g) "Pet animal foster
home " means the licensed premises of an individual who has a written and signed
agreement to provide temporary care for one or more dogs or cats owned by an
animal shelter or a rescue network that is licensed by the state of
Kansas.
(h) "Rescue network " means
the premises of a rescue network manager and all pet animal foster homes
organized under that rescue network manager that provide temporary care for one
or more dogs or cats not owned by an animal shelter that maintains a central
facility for keeping animals.
(i)
"Rescue network manager" means the person designated by a rescue network to be
responsible for the following functions:
(1)
Approving the membership of each pet animal foster home in the rescue
network;
(2) carrying out the
duties of the rescue network manager under K.A.R. 9-18-27, including the intake
of all dogs and cats in the care of the rescue network ;
(3) maintaining on that person's premises all
documentation required by K.A.R. 9-18-27 and 9-18-28, including records
pertaining to the adoption, placement, or other disposition of each dog and cat
receiving temporary care from the rescue network ; and
(4) ensuring compliance with this regulation
and K.A.R. 9-18-28 by each pet animal foster home belonging to the rescue
network.
(j) "Sheltered
housing facility " means a housing facility that includes a structure or
building with environmental controls and also allows animals independent access
to the outside. This term shall include any facility that does not meet the
definition of indoor housing facility due to having a gravel or dirt floor or
not being entirely enclosed.
(k)
"Temporary care " means the care and housing of an animal for 12 months or less
during the calendar year, except as provided by K.A.R. 9-18-27(g) and K.A.R.
9-18-28(j).
(l) "Temporary pet
shop " means a type of pet shop that operates for a total of 12 or fewer sale
days per license year and is not permanently located on a premises.
(m) "U.S.D.A." means United States department
of agriculture.
Notes
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