Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part II - Dog Law Enforcement Bureau › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS; KENNELS; LICENSURE; DOG-CAUSED DAMAGES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 21.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this part, have
					 the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Account
-The Dog Law Restricted Account
					 under section 1001 of the act (3 P. S. §
											459-1001).
Act
-The Dog Law (3 P. S. §
											§
											459-101-459-1205).
Agent
-A district justice or other person
					 within the county authorized by the county treasurer or the Department to
					 process and issue dog license certificates and tags, as set forth under section
					 200(a) of the act (3 P. S. §
											459-200(a)).
Attending veterinarian
-A person who has
					 graduated from a veterinary school accredited by the American Veterinary
					 Medical Association's Council on Education or has a Certificate issued by the
					 American Veterinary Medical Association's Education Commission for Foreign
					 Veterinary Graduates, and who is either a licensed doctor of veterinary
					 medicine in accordance with the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act (63 P. S. §
											§
											485.1-485.33) or the holder of a valid
					 temporary permit to practice veterinary medicine issued under authority of that
					 act, and who has received training or experience in the care and management of
					 dogs, and who is familiar with the relevant aspects of the kennel or kennel
					 procedures with respect to which that person renders an opinion.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture
					 of the Commonwealth.
Domestic fowl
-Chickens, turkeys, ducks,
					 geese and guinea fowl.
Employee of the Department
-An employee of
					 the Department who is assigned responsibility in regard to enforcement of the
					 act, including a State dog warden.
Housing facility
-Any land, premises, shed,
					 barn, building, trailer or other structure or area housing or intended to house
					 dogs.
Licensed veterinarian
-A licensed doctor of
					 veterinary medicine as defined in section 901-A of the act (3 P. S. §
											459-901-A).
Microchip
-A passive transducer
					 encapsulated in a biocompatible material activated by a 125-kilohertz scanner,
					 or any similar device approved by the Department.
Primary conveyance
-The main method of
					 transportation used to convey dogs from origin to destination, such as a motor
					 vehicle.
Primary enclosure
-A structure used to
					 immediately restrict a dog to a limited amount of space, such as a room, pen,
					 run, cage, crate or compartment.
Rest board
-A waterproof or water resistant
					 platform that dogs may use to recline on, positioned off the floor of the
					 kennel.
Sanitize
-To make physically clean and to
					 remove and destroy, to a practical minimum, agents injurious to the health of a
					 dog.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the Department
					 or a person to whom authority has been delegated by the Secretary.
Veterinary Medicine Practice Act
-63 P. S.
					 §
										§ 485.1-485.35.
The provisions of this §
												21.1 amended under sections 101 and
						201 of the Dog Law (3 P. S. §
													§
													459-101
						and 459-201); and Articles II-IX-A
						of the Dog Law (3 P. S. §
													§
													459-201-459-219,
						459-301-459-305,
						459-401,
						459-402,
						459-501,
						459-502,
						459-501-A-459-507-A,
						459-601-459-603, 459-701-459-706, 459-801, 459-802, 459-901-459-907 and
						459-901-A-459-911-A).
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												21.51 (relating to lifetime dog
						license issuance).