Section 287.381 - DefinitionsAs used in this act:
(a) "Animal protection shelter" means a facility that is registered under section 6 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287.336, and is operated by any of the following:(iii) A society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.(iv) Any other nonprofit organization for the care of homeless animals.(b) "Cat" means a domestic cat of any age of the species Felis catus.(c) "Dealer" means a person that for compensation or profit delivers for transportation, transports, boards, buys, or sells dogs or cats for research purposes. Dealer does not include a person that breeds or raises dogs or cats for sale to a research facility.(d) "Department" means the department of agriculture and rural development.(e) "Director" means the director of the department.(f) "Dog" means a domestic dog of any age of the species Canis lupus familiaris.(g) "Laboratory animal" means a dog or cat that is used or intended to be used for laboratory research at a research facility.(h) "Laboratory research" means research, tests, or experiments conducted for education, scientific, medical, or experimental purposes.(i) "Municipality" means a county, city, village, or township.(j) "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.(k) "Research facility" means a school, hospital, laboratory, institution, organization, or person that is licensed or otherwise registered with the United States Department of Agriculture, that uses or intends to use a laboratory animal in laboratory research, and that does 1 or both of the following: (i) Purchases or transports laboratory animals.(ii) Receives funds from this state, a local government, or an agency or instrumentality of this state or a local government to finance its operations through grants, loans, or other funds.Amended by 2023, Act 315,s 1, eff. 2/13/2024.1969, Act 224, Eff. 3/20/1970.