Title 19, Health

(a) An indoor housing facility for dogs and cats must be sufficiently ventilated to protect the dogs and cats and provide for their health and comfort. The facility must be provided with fresh air, either by means of windows, doors, vents, or air conditioning, and must be ventila…

(a) When sunlight is likely to cause overheating or discomfort, sufficient shade must be provided to allow dogs and cats to protect themselves from the direct rays of the sun. (b) An access to shelter must be provided for dogs and cats to allow them to remain dry and protected du…

(a) A primary enclosure must provide sufficient space to allow each dog and adult cat to turn about freely and to easily stand, sit and lie in a comfortable, normal position. Where the primary enclosure is used for more than one cat, a resting perch for each cat must be provided.…

(a) Dogs and cats must be fed at least twice each day except as otherwise required. The food must be free from contamination and must be wholesome, palatable, and of sufficient quantity and nutritive value to meet the normal daily requirements for the condition and size of the an…

When a hosing or flushing method is used for cleaning a primary enclosure, any dog contained therein must be removed during the cleaning process and not returned until the enclosure is completely dry.

(a) Each shelter shall form an adoption committee that will be responsible for creating and implementing a plan to host a minimum of four adoption events in the community where the animals may interact with potential placement. The Adoption Committee is responsible for maintainin…

(a) All animals whose meat will be offered for sale in public places in the Virgin Islands shall be slaughtered at government-controlled slaughterhouses which shall be inspected and approved by the Commissioner of Health. (b) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall supervise and re…

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to (a) slaughter any animal or animals in the Virgin Islands except at government-controlled slaughterhouses if the animal or animals so slaughtered or any parts thereof are to be sold, bartered or exchanged; (b) arrange f…

Any person violating the provisions of section 2902 of this title shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than $100.

(a) As used in this chapter:(a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Health of the Virgin Islands.(b) “The Federal Act” means the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 (P.L. 88–164), as now and hereafter amended.(c) “The Secretary…

(1) The Department of Health, through the Commissioner thereof, shall constitute the sole agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the purpose of:(1) making inventories of existing facilities, surveying the need for construction of facilities for the mentally retarded a…

(a) In carrying out the purposes of this chapter the Commissioner is authorized, subject to the approval of the Governor:(a) To require such reports, make such inspections and investigations and prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary;(b) To provide such methods of admin…

For the purposes of administering the provisions of this chapter, there is hereby appropriated such funds as may be received from the Federal Government and other sources for such purposes which shall be expended upon proper certification by the Commissioner.

The Commissioner is authorized to develop construction programs for facilities for the mentally retarded and community behavioral health centers for the mentally ill, which shall be based respectively on Insular-wide inventories of existing facilities for the mentally retarded an…

The Commissioner is authorized to prepare and submit to the Secretary, State plans which shall include the programs for construction of facilities developed under section 4110 of this chapter and which shall provide for the establishment, administration and operation of such cons…

The Commissioner shall by regulation prescribe, and shall be authorized to enforce, standards for the maintenance and operation of facilities for the mentally retarded and community behavioral health centers which receive Federal aid for construction under the State plans.

The State plans shall set forth the relative need for the several projects included in the construction programs determined in accordance with the regulations prescribed pursuant to the Federal Act, and shall provide for the construction insofar as financial resources available t…

Applications for mental retardation facility or community behavioral health center construction projects for which Federal funds are requested shall be submitted to the Commissioner by the Government of the Virgin Islands, a political subdivision thereof or by a public or other n…

The Commissioner shall afford to every applicant for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing. If the Commissioner, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and submission of applications, finds that a project application complies with the requiremen…

From time to time the Commissioner, or his duly authorized agents, shall inspect each construction project approved by the Secretary, and if the inspection so warrants, the Commissioner shall certify to the Secretary that work has been performed upon the project, or purchases hav…

The Commissioner is hereby authorized to receive federal funds in behalf of, and transmit them to, such applicant. There is hereby established, separate and apart from all public monies of this territory, a Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Fund and a Community Behaviora…