| The purpose of this rulemaking is to effect the changes from House Bill 21-1160, which requires animal shelters and rescues to provide for the behavioral needs of dogs and cats in their care. This rulemaking also implements requirements for all licensed facilities to create and enforce a contingency plan to address emergency situations, and requires licensed facilities that transport, move or import pet animals to have a Disease Control and Treatment (DCAT) Plan. In addition, these rule amendments update environmental conditions within facilities, remove the requirement to keep weekly records for the temperature and humidity control for herptiles, add pet handlers to the types of facilities that must get written permission to commingle dogs, add non-pharmaceutical drugs to the list of drugs that groomers cannot use, add minimum space requirements for animals in isolation, add isolation room cleaning requirements, limit the number of animals allowed in foster homes on behalf of animal shelters, and add a written disclosure requirement for any injury, illness or abnormality. This notice contains only those portions of the rule that are being amended. |