Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 336 - Dog Pounds › Standards for the Construction and Improvement of Dog Pounds › Section 22-336-31 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections
				  22-336-14,
				  22-336-16 to
				  22-336-18, inclusive, this
				  section, and sections
				  22-336-32 to
				  22-336-42, inclusive, of the
				  Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "CFR" means the Code of Federal
				Regulations;
(2) "Clean" means to
				be made free of organic material and debris;
(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
				Agriculture;
(4) "Department" means
				the Department of Agriculture;
(5)
				"Disinfected" means treated with either a chemical used pursuant to the
				manufacturer's instructions or water heated to not less than one hundred-eighty
				(180) degrees Fahrenheit or eighty-two and two-tenths (82.2) degrees Celsius in
				order to eliminate pathogens such as canine parvovirus;
(6) "Dog Pound" means a suitable building
				provided and maintained by a city or town for the detention and care of dogs
				and other domestic animals or through written agreement with a city or town, a
				suitable building provided for the detention and care of dogs and other
				impounded animals with a licensed veterinarian, or in a licensed veterinary
				hospital, licensed commercial kennel, a dog pound maintained by another city or
				town, or other suitable building approved by the Commissioner;
(7) "Exercise Area" means an indoor run or
				outdoor run;
(8) "Impounded Animal"
				means a dog, cat or other domestic animal detained or seized by any animal
				control officer appointed pursuant to section 22-328, 22-331, or 22-331a of the
				Connecticut General Statutes for the purpose of detaining an animal,
				quarantining an animal, or holding an animal pursuant to any statute or
				municipal ordinance that authorizes the detention or seizure of an
				animal;
(9) "Indoor Pen" means a
				completely enclosed area inside a dog pound building to be used for shelter by
				an impounded dog;
(10) "Indoor Run"
				means an area inside a completely enclosed dog pound to be used for shelter and
				exercise by an impounded animal;
(11) "Outdoor Run" means an incompletely
				enclosed area adjacent to a dog pound to be used for exercise by an impounded
				animal;
(12) "Primary Enclosure"
				means any indoor structure or device used to restrict an animal or animals to a
				limited amount of space, such as a room, cage, or compartment;
(13) "Renovate" means to construct, add to,
				or change the size, construction or composition of indoor pens, indoor runs and
				outdoor runs, primary enclosures, fences, floors, heating system, water supply
				system, waste disposal system, or any other physical component of a dog
				pound;
(14) "Renovation" means the
				construction of, addition to, or change in the size, construction or
				composition of indoor pens, indoor runs and outdoor runs, primary enclosures,
				fences, floors, heating system, water supply system, waste disposal system, or
				any other physical component of a dog pound; and
(15) "Sanitary" means healthy, clean and free
				from infective and deleterious influences.