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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 3 P.S. Agriculture § 328.303. Exclusions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Agricultural operations.--

(1) This act shall not apply and nothing in this act shall prevent the destruction of an animal by a means not otherwise prohibited by law performed in the course of normal agricultural operation.

(2) As used in this section, the term “normal agricultural operation” has the meaning given in section 2 of the act of June 10, 1982 (P.L. 454, No. 133),  1 referred to as the Right-to-Farm Law, without regard to area utilized or anticipated yearly income to result from the agricultural operation.

(b) Specific entities.--The following exclusions apply:

(1) Section 302  2 shall not apply to:

(i) Except as prohibited in section 301,  3 a veterinarian or a certified veterinary technician under the indirect supervision of a veterinarian licensed under the act of December 27, 1974 (P.L. 995, No. 326),  4 known as the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act;

(ii) a medical school;

(iii) a school of veterinary medicine;

(iv) a research institution affiliated with a hospital or university; or

(v) a research facility that is one of the following:

(A) Registered and inspected under the Animal Welfare Act (Public Law 89-544, 7 U.S.C. § 2131 et seq.).

(B) Subject to the Public Health Service Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals under the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 682, 42 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.).

(C) Subject to the provisions of 21 CFR Pt. 58 (relating to good laboratory practice for nonclinical laboratory studies) under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (52 Stat. 1040, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) or the Public Health Service Act.

(2) (Reserved).

1 3 P.S. § 952.
2 3 P.S. § 328.302.
3 3 P.S. § 328.301.
4 63 P.S. § 485.1 et seq.
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