SECTION .0700 - EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES

02 NCAC 52J .0701           METHODS OF EUTHANASIA PERMITTED UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATIONS

For purposes of this Section, extraordinary circumstance or situation includes a situation which is offsite from the shelter, in which an animal poses an immediate risk to animal, human or public health and in which no alternative, 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.