Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 30 - ANIMAL CONTROL ACT › Section 30.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
For the purpose of this Act and these rules, the following
				definitions shall apply:
"Confined under the observation of a licensed veterinarian"
				means confined to an escape-proof building or other enclosure away from other
				animals and the public, and observed daily by the Administrator or another
				licensed veterinarian.
"Escape-proof building or other enclosure" means a building or
				other enclosure of such strength and structure to keep the confined animal away
				from other animals and the public.
"Humanely dispatched" means the painless administration of a
				lethal dose of an agent which shall cause the painless death of an animal as
				prescribed in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association,
				January 15, 1993. Said method shall not destroy brain tissue necessary for
				laboratory examination for rabies. Animals shall be handled prior to
				administration of the agent in such a manner as to avoid undue apprehension by
				the animal.
"Official health certificate" means a legible record, made on
				an official form of the state of origin, or the Animal and Plant Health
				Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and issued by a
				licensed veterinarian of the state of origin, a veterinarian in the employ of
				the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or a veterinarian in the employ
				of the United States Armed Services, which shows that the dog(s) listed thereon
				meet the health requirements of the State of Illinois. The official health
				certificate shall contain the name and address of the consignor; the name and
				address of the consignee; an accurate description or identification including
				age, sex and breed of the dog(s) involved; and shall also indicate the health
				status of the dog(s), including the date(s) of vaccination(s), type of vaccine,
				name of manufacturer, serial number, and amount of vaccine administered.
"Officially vaccinated" means the inoculation of a dog with a
				vaccine as set forth in 8 Ill. Adm. Code
				30.90
				of these rules; administered by a licensed veterinarian by the route and in the
				amount recommended by the producer of the vaccine and for which a county rabies
				vaccination tag has been issued and properly recorded on a certificate as
				prescribed by the Board.
"Program" means the Animal Control Program as organized for the
				purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act and the rules pursuant
				thereto.
"Recognized laboratory" means a laboratory operated by the
				State Department of Agriculture, the State Department of Public Health, any
				land grant university, or other laboratories approved by the Department of
				Public Health.
"Stray" means an animal which shall be considered a stray
				according to the ordinances that exist in the county in which the animal is
				found.
"Straying" means a dog or other animal not on the premises of
				the owner or not confined or under control by leash or other recognized control
				methods as set forth in 8 Ill. Adm. Code
				30.140(b)(1), (2)
				and (3).
"Wild animal" means a wolf, coyote, or the offspring of a
				mating between a wolf or coyote and a dog.