- (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall euthanize animals in an animal shelter or animal control facility without possessing a certificate issued by the Department under this Act.
- (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing a licensed veterinarian or an instructor during an approved course from humanely euthanizing animals in animal shelters or animal control facilities.
- (c) Nothing in this Act prevents a veterinarian who is employed by the Department of Agriculture, or any other person who is employed by the Department of Agriculture and acting under the supervision of such a veterinarian, from humanely euthanizing animals in the course of that employment.
- (d) Instructors or licensed veterinarians teaching humane euthanasia technicians are exempt from the certification process as long as they are currently licensed by another state as a euthanasia technician or as a veterinarian.
(Source: P.A. 96-780, eff. 8-28-09.)