Colorado Revised Statutes Title 35. Agriculture § 35-80-103. Scope of article

(a) Any veterinary hospital which boards pet animals for the purpose of veterinary medical care only and does not actively solicit boarding business in any way;

(b) Any research facility, circus, or publicly or privately owned zoological park or petting zoo licensed or registered under the provisions of the federal “Animal Welfare Act of 1970”, 7 U.S.C. sec. 2131 et seq., as amended;

(c) Any bird hobby breeder facility, canine hobby breeder facility, feline hobby breeder facility, small animal hobby breeder facility, or any other hobby breeder facility as defined by the commissioner which is specific to other pet animal species;

(d) Any pet animal training facility where the pet animal owner or such owner's designee, other than a training facility operator, is present during the duration of the animal's stay;

(e) Repealed by Laws 2022, Ch. 144 (S.B. 22-167), § 2, eff. Aug. 10, 2022.

(f) Repealed by Laws 2018, Ch. 274, § 75, eff. May 29, 2018.

(g) Any wildlife regulated by the division of parks and wildlife or department of natural resources;

(h) Livestock, as defined in section 35-80-102(9);

(i) Any owner, breeder, handler, or trainer while transporting a pet animal to or from or exhibiting or competing at any event licensed, regulated, or sanctioned by the American kennel club, united kennel club, or any other nationally recognized registering organization;

(j) Any wildlife sanctuary;

(k) The boarding of no more than three pet animals at one time;

(l) A company that uses technology in its business model that is not a pet animal facility, as that term is defined in section 35-80-102(11).

(3)(a) Any pet animal facility structure in existence and licensed by the department of health through 1991 that was in compliance with that department's regulations for such licenses shall be exempt from any conflicting requirements of this article or rules and regulations of the commissioner concerning physical premises.

(b) Any laws or rules promulgated for pet animal facilities shall not require the construction of any new buildings or major reconstruction of the existing physical premises of facilities specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (3).