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SB501 SUB1 enr2
(Senators Kessler and Prezioso, original sponsors)
[Passed May 29, 2009; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §7-10-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §19-20-8 of said code; and to amend and reenact §30-10A-4, §30-10A-6 and §30-10A-8 of said code, all relating to euthanizing animals; prohibiting the euthanizing of animals by use of a gas chamber and providing an exception thereto; requiring all persons or entities performing animal euthanasia to register with the Board of Veterinary Medicine; allowing animal euthanasia technicians to administer sedatives and tranquilizers; and directing the Board of Veterinary Medicine to promulgate emergency rules.
That §7-10-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; that §19-20-8 of said code be amended and reenacted; and that §30-10A-4, §30-10A-6 and §30-10A-8 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
(h) The provisions of this section do not apply to farm livestock, as defined in subsection (d), section two, article ten-b, chapter nineteen of this code; poultry, gaming fowl or wildlife kept in private or licensed game farms if kept and maintained according to usual and accepted standards of livestock; poultry, gaming fowl, wildlife or game farm production and management; nor to the humane use of animals or activities regulated under and in conformity with the provisions of 7 U. S. C.§2131, et seq., and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
§30-10A-4. Scope of practice.
(a) A certified animal euthanasia technician may sedate, tranquilize and euthanize animals assigned to the care of a legally operated humane society, animal shelter or animal control facility within this state. A certified animal euthanasia technician shall practice sedation, tranquilization and euthanasia under the authority of a licensed veterinarian as defined in article ten of this chapter or a county humane officer as defined in article ten, chapter seven of this code within the limitations imposed by this article and rules promulgated by the board under this article.
(b) For the purposes of this article, controlled substance permits issued by the state Board of Pharmacy and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration shall be issued to a municipal or county run animal control facility, or a humane society or animal shelter incorporated and organized under the laws of the state, with one or more duly appointed agents. The humane society or animal shelter shall possess a tax-exempt charitable or tax-exempt governmental determination under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(c) A certified animal euthanasia technician may not practice or offer to practice his or her profession outside the direct authority of the humane society, animal shelter or animal control facility which employs him or her or otherwise contracts for his or her services. A certified animal euthanasia technician is not qualified and may not indicate that he or she is qualified to act in any capacity relative to animals beyond his or her specified and regulated authority to sedate, tranquilize and euthanize animals at the instruction of the humane society, animal shelter or animal control facility by which he or she is employed and under the supervision of a humane officer or licensed veterinarian.
§30-10A-6. Recordkeeping.
A humane society, animal shelter or animal control facility which was issued a controlled substances permit by the Board of Pharmacy and an identification number by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration is responsible for ensuring that certified animal euthanasia technicians in its employ maintain proper records regarding the inventory, storage and administration of controlled substances and any other drugs which he or she is authorized to administer. The proper completion and retention of these records is the joint responsibility of the humane society, animal shelter or animal control facility and the certified animal euthanasia technician. The humane society, animal shelter or animal control facility and the certified animal euthanasia technicians are subject to inspection and audit by the board, the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy and any other appropriate state or federal agency with authority regarding the recordkeeping, inventory, storage and administration of controlled substances and other drugs authorized for use by animal euthanasia technicians under authority of this article.
§30-10A-8. Drug selection.
(a) In the event that sodium pentobarbital is no longer approved as the euthanasia "drug of choice" for animals by either state or federal mandate, the board shall determine the replacement "drug of choice" for sodium pentobarbital for use by certified animal euthanasia technicians by legislative rule. The replacement "drug of choice" shall be administered, controlled, stored and secured by a humane society, animal shelter or animal control facility which meets the qualifications in section one of this article in accordance with legislative rules promulgated by the board.
(b) The board may replace sodium pentobarbital as the "drug of choice" at any time by legislative rule promulgated pursuant to article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. The determined "drug of choice" for animal euthanasia as specified by the board shall be used by animal euthanasia technicians certified under the provisions of this article.
(c) The board shall promulgate emergency rules pursuant to section fifteen, article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to allow the use of sedatives and tranquilizers by euthanasia technicians, as defined in section one of this article.