Breeding Care Standards / License Requirements – As applies to breeders.

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Section: 273.0327 License annually required to operate animal boarding facilities, pet shops, pounds, dealers and commercial breeders–fees, exemption from fees for certain licensees.

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Section: 273.0329 Director may refuse to license or may revoke licenses, grounds–operation without license, penalty.

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Section: 273.0331 Inspection required for license–state veterinarian’s duties and authority–provisional license issued until inspection–inspections required annually or on complaint.

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Section: 273.0333 Investigations conducted, when–violations, administrative procedure–order for remedial action by circuit courts–administrative penalties, amount–penalties, deposit in general revenue–appeals, procedure.

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Section: 273.0335 Substantial ongoing risk to health and welfare of animals, temporary or permanent injunction–animals in pain or diseased taken into custody for euthanasia, when, costs to licensee.

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Section: 273.0338 Failure of reinspections after original violation, penalty, amount–payment of penalty required before license renewal.

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Section: 273.0344 Standards and regulations for licensed persons and facilities–director to promulgate rules.

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Section: 273.0348 Facilities to be open for inspection–quarantine of animals, by state veterinarian, when–quarantine removed, when–removal of animals under quarantine prohibited–disease treatment procedures, duties of state veterinarian–violations, penalty.

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Section: 273.0350 Director to develop rules to include safety standards for motor vehicles transporting live animals–define exotic animals and their care–wildlife not to be included–shipping diseased animals, penalty.