10-17-102 - Definitions.
10-17-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Animal" means a cat or dog.
(2) "Animal shelter" means a facility or program:
(a) providing services for stray, lost, or unwanted animals, including holding and placingthe animals for adoption, but does not include an institution conducting research on animals, asdefined in Section 26-26-1; and
(b) operated by:
(i) a first or second class county as defined in Section 17-50-501;
(ii) a city of the first, second, or third class;
(iii) a first or second class county operating the shelter jointly with any municipality; or
(iv) a private humane society or private animal welfare organization located within a firstor second class county or within a city of the first, second, or third class.
(3) "Person" means an individual, an entity, or a representative of an entity.
(4) "Proof of sterilization" means a written document signed by a veterinarian licensedunder Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act, stating:
(a) a specified animal has been sterilized;
(b) the date on which the sterilization was performed; and
(c) the location where the sterilization was performed.
(5) "Recipient" means the person to whom an animal shelter transfers an animal foradoption.
(6) "Sterilization deposit" means the portion of a fee charged by an animal shelter to arecipient or claimant of an unsterilized animal to ensure the animal is timely sterilized inaccordance with an agreement between the recipient or the claimant and the animal shelter.
(7) "Sterilized" means that an animal has been surgically altered, either by the spaying ofa female animal or by the neutering of a male animal, so it is unable to reproduce.
(8) "Transfer" means that an animal shelter sells, gives away, places for adoption, ortransfers an animal to a recipient.
Amended by Chapter 292, 2003 General Session