SECTION .0700 - EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES

02 NCAC 52J .0701          EUTHANASIA UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES

For purposes of this Section, an extraordinary circumstance is one in which an animal is offsite from a shelter and is an immediate risk to animals, humans, or public health, or in which it would be inhumane to transport the animal, and no less extreme measure of euthanasia is feasible. It also includes circumstances or situations in which it would be inhumane to transport an animal to another location to perform euthanasia.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 19A-24;

Eff. March 23, 2009;

Readopted Eff. September 1, 2022.