PET BOARDING FACILITIES.

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
Senate Bill 612 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 4, 2017
AN ACT TO CLARIFY STAFFING STANDARDS FOR BOARDING KENNELS OFFERING DOG DAY CARE SERVICES.
Intro. by Brock, Sanderson.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate Action) (Apr 5 2017)

Bill History:

S 612

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 4 2017 - View Summary

    Amends the definitions set forth in GS 19A-23 as the terms apply to the Animal Welfare Act as follows. Provides that housing facility means any room, building, or area used to contain primary enclosures or common areas. Provides that primary enclosure means any structure used to immediately restrict four or fewer animals (currently, restrict an animal) to a limited amount of space, such as a room, pen, cage compartment, or hutch. 

    Amends GS 19A-24(a)(1), which requires the Board of Agriculture to establish standards for the care of animals at animal shelters, boarding kennels, pet shops, and public auctions. Amends the subdivision to now provide that a boarding kennel that offers dog day care services and as to each common area (1) has a ratio of dogs to employees and supervisors within the housing facility of not more than 15 to one (currently 10 to one) and (2) has no more than 50 dogs in any common area at any time, is not subject to any regulations that impose further supervisory requirements on the number of dogs that are permitted within the common area or any primary enclosure beyond a requirement that at least one staffer be present in a common area at all times when 10 or more dogs are within the common area. Defines common area as any area within a housing facility providing an open space where more than four dogs are free to exercise or play together.

    Effective October 1, 2017.