Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901:1 - Animal Industry › Chapter 901:1-6 - High Volume Dog Breeders › Section 901:1-6-01 - Definitions and general considerations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								"Access the
			 outdoors" means allowing the dog to exit the indoor structure or building in
			 which the dog is primarily housed for the purpose of safely experiencing the
			 natural, open air environment.
(B)
								
								"Attending
			 veterinarian"
								 means a veterinarian who assumes responsibility
			 for primary care of a patient.
(C)
								
								"Clean"
								 means an
			 environmental condition free of unwanted matter: solids, liquids, gases or
			 living organisms that have the potential to cause adverse effects to health and
			 welfare of adult dogs, puppies, and humans.
(D) "Dam" means the
			 female parent of a puppy.
(E)
								
								"Enrichment"
								 means 
								any modification in the environment of a confined dog
			 that seeks to enhance the dog's physical and psychological well-being by
			 providing stimuli that meets the dog's breed specific needs.
(F)
								"Exercise" means
			 activity that allows a dog to expend to full stride, play, and engage in other
			 types of mentally stimulating and social behaviors.
(G)
								
								"Housing
			 facility"
								
			 means any land, premises, shed, barn, building, trailer, or other structure or
			 area which houses or is intended to house adult dogs or puppies.
(H)
								
								"Indoor
			 housing"
								
			 means any structure or building with environmental controls intended to house
			 adult dogs or puppies.
(I)
								
								"Inspection
			 veterinarian"
								 means a veterinarian who has entered into a
			 contract or agreement with the director of the Ohio department of agriculture,
			 as defined in division (F)(1) of section
			 956.10 of the Revised Code, to
			 inspect a high volume dog breeder's facility to ensure compliance with this
			 chapter.
(J)
								
								"Outdoor
			 housing"
								
			 means any structure, building, land, or premises, housing or intended to house
			 adult dogs or puppies,  and in which
			 temperatures cannot be controlled within set limits.
(K)
								
								"Primary
			 enclosure"
								
			 means an enclosure that directly houses the adult dog or puppy in which the
			 adult dog or puppy has direct contact with the enclosure material and
			 sufficient space to turn about freely, stand, sit, lie in a comfortable normal
			 position, and walk in a normal manner.
(L)
								
								"Sheltered
			 housing"
								
			 means a facility that consists of runs or pens in a shelter which provides the
			 adult dogs or puppies with protection from the natural elements
								and protection from temperature
			 extremes at all times. A sheltered housing facility may consist of runs or pens
			 totally enclosed in a barn or building, or of connecting inside/outside runs or
			 pens within a totally enclosed building.
(M) ""Solid flooring"
								 means a material
			 that will not flex under weight, accommodates footing and resting off of open
			 metal floors, and may have perforations large enough to allow only moisture to
			 pass through.
(N)
								
								"Weaned"
								 means
			  an adult dog or puppy
			 that is no longer nursing from the adult dog or puppy's
			 dam or foster dam
								.
(O) Distress occurs
			 when animals are injured, sick, in pain, or are in inappropriate environmental
			 conditions.
(P) Dogs
			 
								are
			 handled, sorted, and moved in a manner that minimizes distress.
(Q)
			 Dead adult dogs or puppies 
								will be disposed of pursuant to section
			 941.14 of the Revised
			 Code.
(R)
			 "Veterinary-Client-Patient-Relationship (VCPR)" has the same meaning as defined
			 in section 4741.04 of the Revised
			 Code.
(S) Nothing in the
			 rules adopted in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a licensed
			 veterinarian, or other person acting under the veterinarian's supervision, from
			 meeting the standards set forth in Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code or rules
			 promulgated thereunder.