This text of Iowa § 162.10 (Qualified research facilities — adoption program) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Iowa primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Animalrescueorganization”meansapersonotherthanananimalshelteroperatingon
a nonprofit basis to place unwanted, abandoned, abused, or stray dogs or cats in permanent
adopted homes as provided by rules adopted by the department.
b.
(1)“Qualified research facility” means a research facility, including but not limited to a
regentsinstitution,thatconductsexperimentsondogsorcatsforresearch,education,testing,
or another scientific purpose; and that receives moneys from the state or federal government.
(2)“Qualified research facility” includes a research facility that conducts experiments on
dogs or cats for research, education, testing, or another scientific purpose, in collaboration
with a research facility described in subp
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1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Animalrescueorganization”meansapersonotherthanananimalshelteroperatingon
a nonprofit basis to place unwanted, abandoned, abused, or stray dogs or cats in permanent
adopted homes as provided by rules adopted by the department.
b. (1) “Qualified research facility” means a research facility, including but not limited to a
regentsinstitution,thatconductsexperimentsondogsorcatsforresearch,education,testing,
or another scientific purpose; and that receives moneys from the state or federal government.
(2) “Qualified research facility” includes a research facility that conducts experiments on
dogs or cats for research, education, testing, or another scientific purpose, in collaboration
with a research facility described in subparagraph (1).
c. “Retired animal” means a dog or cat confined at a qualified research facility, if the dog
orcathasbeenpreviouslyusedforresearch, education, testing, oranotherscientificpurpose;
and the dog or cat is no longer required to be confined by the qualified research facility for
any of those purposes.
2. A qualified research facility shall establish an adoption program for retired animals
confined at the qualified research facility for placement in a permanent adoptive home.
In order to be eligible for adoption under the program, the retired animal must have no
substantial medical condition, and pose no safety risk to the public, that would prevent the
dog’s or cat’s successful integration into a permanent adoptive home.
3. Once a dog or cat becomes a retired animal and is eligible for adoption under the
adoption program, the qualified research facility must do at least one of the following:
a. Offer to transfer ownership and custody of the retired animal to an animal shelter or
animal rescue organization to facilitate the transfer of ownership and custody of the retired
animal to a person for placement into the person’s permanent adoptive home. A qualified
research facility must enter into an agreement with one or more animal shelters or animal
rescue organizations electing to participate in the program.
b. Offer to transfer ownership and custody of the retired animal to a person for private
placement in the person’s permanent adoptive home according to an arrangement agreed to
by the qualified research facility and the person.