Oklahoma § 4-30.2 - Definitions

§ 4-30.2. Definitions

As used in the Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter

Licensing Act:

1. "Adult animal" means an intact female animal twelve (12)

months of age or older;

2. "Animal" means a dog or a cat;

3. "Animal shelter" means any nongovernmental facility that

maintains ten or more dogs and cats operated by or under contract

for the state, a county, a municipal corporation, or any other

political subdivision of the state for the purpose of impounding or

harboring seized, stray, homeless, abandoned or unwanted dogs or

cats; and any facility that maintains ten or more dogs and cats

operated, owned, or maintained by any person or organization for

such purpose, but not including any facility that does not house or

harbor dogs or cats on the premises and only operates through a

system of fostering in private homes;

4. "Animal shelter operator" means any individual, entity,

association, trust, or corporation that operates a nongovernmental

facility that maintains ten or more dogs and cats for the purpose of

impounding or harboring seized, stray, homeless, abandoned or

unwanted dogs or cats, but not including any facility that does not

house or harbor dogs or cats on the premises and only operates

through a system of fostering in private homes;

5. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture;

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6. "Cat" means a mammal that is wholly or partly of the species

Felis domesticus;

7. "Commercial breeder" and "commercial pet breeder" mean any

individual, entity, association, trust, or corporation who possesses

eleven or more intact female animals for the use of breeding or

dealing in animals for direct or indirect sale or for exchange in

return for consideration;

8. "Commercial pet breeder license" means a license issued to

any person that qualifies and is licensed as a commercial pet

breeder;

9. "Animal shelter license" means a license issued to any

applicant that qualifies and is licensed as an animal shelter

operator;

10. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry;

11. "Dog" means a mammal that is wholly or partly of the

species Canis familiaris;

12. "Facility" means the premises used by one or more animal

shelter operators or commercial breeders. The term includes all

buildings, property, and confinement areas in a single location used

to conduct the animal shelter or commercial breeding business;

13. "Family member" means the parent, spouse, child, or sibling

of an individual;

14. "Humane society" means a nonprofit organization exempt from

federal income taxation as an organization described in Section

501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that has as a

principal purpose the prevention of animal cruelty or the sheltering

of, caring for, and providing of homes for lost, stray, and

abandoned animals;

15. "Inspector" means an authorized agent of the Board or any

other qualified person authorized by the Department to conduct

inspections;

16. "Intact female animal" means a female animal, nine (9)

months of age or older, and not spayed;

17. "Kitten" means a cat less than twelve (12) months old;

18. "Local animal control authority" means a municipal or

county animal control office with authority over the premises in

which an animal is kept or, in an area that does not have an animal

control office, the county sheriff;

19. "Marketing" means the solicitation for sale of animals;

20. "Noncommercial breeder" means any individual, entity,

association, trust, or corporation who possesses ten or fewer intact

female animals for the use of breeding or dealing in animals for

direct or indirect sale or for exchange in return for consideration;

21. "Person" means any individual, association, trust,

corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other

entity;

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22. "Pet" means a dog or cat, including a puppy or kitten;

23. "Possess" means to have custody of or control over;

24. "Puppy" means a dog less than twelve (12) months old; and

25. "Veterinarian" means a person currently licensed to

practice veterinary medicine in Oklahoma.

Added by Laws 2012, c. 302, § 2, eff. July 1, 2012. Amended by Laws

2013, c. 289, § 2.