Title 287, ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Sec. 5. The director is authorized to promulgate rules in accordance with Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.80 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 24.101 to 24.…

Sec. 6. All dogs and cats delivered for transportation, transported, purchased or sold to research facilities shall be marked or identified in such manner as the director may prescribe.

Sec. 7. (1) Research facilities and dealers shall make and maintain any records regarding the purchase, sale, transportation, and handling of dogs and cats for laboratory research, and research facilities shall maintain any report submitted under section 11a. A research facility …

Sec. 8. A dealer, a county, city, village, or township operating a dog pound or animal shelter shall not sell or otherwise dispose of a dog or cat within 4 days after its acquisition. If the dog or cat has a collar, license, or other evidence of ownership, the operator of the pou…

Sec. 8a. (1) Before euthanizing a laboratory animal no longer needed for laboratory research that the attending veterinarian, as that term is defined in 9 CFR 1.1, determines is suitable for adoption, a research facility shall offer the laboratory animal directly to its employees…

Sec. 9. Dogs and cats shall not be offered for sale or sold to a research facility at public auction or by weight; or purchased by a research facility at public auction or by weight. A research facility shall not purchase any dogs or cats except from a licensed dealer, public dog…

Sec. 10. (1) The license may be suspended or revoked by the director of agriculture for any of the following reasons: (a) The incompetence or untrustworthiness of the holder. (b) Wilful falsification of any matter or statement contained in the application. (c) The licensee or any…

Sec. 11. The purchase of any dog or cat by the licensee or research facility shall be evidenced by a bill of sale signed by the seller. The bill of sale shall be a form approved by the director of agriculture and shall certify that the seller is the lawful owner of the dog or cat…

Sec. 11a. (1) By March 31 each year, a research facility that uses laboratory animals shall submit a report to, and on a form provided by, the department that includes an attestation of compliance with the requirements of this act. (2) The department shall use the information pro…

Sec. 12. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (5), a person that violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) If a research facility violates section 8a, the department, after notice and opportunity for a hearing under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969…

Sec. 12a. (1) The laboratory animal fund is created within the state treasury. (2) The state treasurer may receive the administrative fines collected under section 12(2) for deposit into the laboratory animal fund. The state treasurer may also receive money or other assets from a…

Sec. 13. When construing or enforcing the provisions of this act, the act, omission or failure of any individual acting for or employed by a research facility or a dealer within the scope of his employment or office shall be deemed the act, omission or failure of such research fa…

Sec. 14. The provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in contravention of the provisions of Act No. 339 of the Public Acts of 1919, as amended, being sections 287.261 to 287.290 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

Sec. 15. Act No. 282 of the Public Acts of 1966, being sections 287.361 to 287.375 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.