Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Title 105 CMR 910.000 - Licensure Of Research Institutions Using Dogs Or Cats In Research And Education › Section 910.010 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
For the purpose of
				105 CMR 910.000, the
				following terms shall have the following meanings:
Ambient temperature
means the
				temperature surrounding the animal.
Animal
the dog and cat specifically,
				and all other sentient creatures except humans.
Animal Care Committee
means the
				committee established by a research institution under federal guidelines for
				review of research involving the use of animals.
Cat
means any live or dead cat (Felis
				catus).
Commissioner
means the Massachusetts
				Commissioner of Public Health.
Department
means the Department of
				Public Health.
Dog
means any live or dead dog
(Canis familiaris).
Euthanasia
means the humane killing of
				an animal accomplished by a method which conforms to the recommendations of the
				current American Veterinary Medical Association Panel on Euthanasia and which
				produces instantaneous unconsciousness and immediate death without visible
				evidence of pain.
Indoor housing facility
means any
				structure or building, housing or intended to house animals, which has the
				capability of controlling the environment within the enclosure created by the
				continuous connection of a roof, floor, and walls with at least one opening for
				entry and exit that is provided with a door or any movable structure used to
				close off the opening and typically consisting of a panel of wood, glass,
				metal,
etc.
, which slides on rollers or swings on hinges. Any
				openings which provides natural light shall be covered with a transparent
				material,
e.g.,
glass, plastic,
etc.
Licensee
means a research institution
				holding a license issued by the Commissioner pursuant to
				105 CMR 910.000.
Outdoor housing facility
means any
				structure or building, housing or intended to house animals, which does not
				meet the definition of "indoor housing facility."
Primary enclosure
means any structure
				used to immediately restrict an animal or animals to a limited amount of space,
				such as a room, pen, run, cage, compartment, pool, or hutch.
Record
includes any files, reports,
				forms or data maintained by a research institution or required to be maintained
				by the Commissioner regarding the care, handling, and veterinary treatment of
				research animals.
Research Institution
means any
				institution operated by the United States or by the Commonwealth or a political
				subdivision thereof, or any school or college of medicine, public health,
				dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, or agriculture, medical, biological
				or diagnostic laboratory, biological corporation, hospital or other educational
				or scientific establishment within the Commonwealth above the rank of secondary
				school, which, in connection with any of its activities, investigates or gives
				instruction concerning the structure or functions of living organisms or the
				causes, prevention, control, or cure of diseases or abnormal conditions of
				human beings or animals.
Sanitize
means to make physically
				clean and to remove and destroy, to the maximum degree that is practical,
				agents injurious to health.
Standards
means the requirements of
				105 CMR 910.000 with
				respect to the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals
				by research institutions.
Veterinarian
means a doctor of
				veterinary medicine who has a valid license to practice veterinary
				medicine.