§ 420. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Adoption" means the transfer of legal ownership to and possession\nby any natural person eighteen years of age or older, for the limited\npurpose of harboring a pet, of any dog or cat, owned by the animal\nshelter regardless of whether a fee is involved.\n 2. "Adult" shall mean cats and dogs five months of age and older, for\nthe purposes of determining appropriate housing within an animal\nshelter.\n 3. "Animal" shall mean a dog or cat as defined in this section, but\nshall not be construed to diminish or restrict the mission of any animal\nshelter defined in this section or other entity duly incorporated\npursuant to section fourteen hundred three of the not-for-profit\ncorporation law solely to the care of dogs or cats.\n 4. "Air handling system" shall mean the device or equipment used to\nregulate, circulate, exchange, heat, and/or cool the air inside a\nbuilding.\n 5. "Ambient temperature" shall mean the temperature of the environment\ninside a room or building.\n 6. "Animal shelter" shall mean a public or not-for-profit entity\nowning, operating, or otherwise maintaining a building, structure, or\nfacility where temporary or permanent housing and care is provided to\nstray, abandoned, abused, seized, impounded, owner-surrendered or\notherwise unwanted animals regardless of whether or not such facility\nalso serves as a personal residence. This includes but is not limited\nto: facilities owned, operated, or maintained by a duly incorporated\nsociety for the prevention of cruelty to animals, duly incorporated\nhumane society dog or cat protective association, or pound; any person\nin the employ of, or organization operated by or under contract to a\nmunicipality to provide care for seized or impounded animals; or any\nother not-for-profit organization involved in the protection, care, or\nrehoming of animals. Unless otherwise provided in this article, the\nterm "animal shelter" shall not include the personal residence of any\nfoster care provider as defined in this section; a facility commonly\nknown as a boarding kennel, where the ownership of the animal is not\ntransferred; any entity licensed as a pet dealer pursuant to article\ntwenty-six-A of this chapter; any duly incorporated animal hospital\nowned, operated or supervised by a duly licensed veterinarian; or any\nfacility where the owner or operator is licensed by the New York state\ndepartment of environmental conservation as a nuisance wildlife control\nagent or wildlife rehabilitator.\n 7. "Aseptic" shall mean procedures or techniques performed in a manner\nsufficient to exclude harmful bacteria, viruses, or other\nmicroorganisms.\n 8. "Behavioral evaluation" shall mean an ordered series of\ninteractions with an animal to determine their behavioral response to\nvarious stimuli likely to be encountered in a typical home environment.\n 9. "Cat" shall mean any member of the species Felis catus, regardless\nof age, sex, breed, ownership status or behavior around humans.\n 10. "Chemical capture" shall mean the use of drugs administered to an\nanimal by a remote delivery system in order to immobilize it for the\npurposes of capture.\n 11. "Cleaning" shall mean the physical removal of debris and organic\nmaterial from an environment.\n 12. "Conspecific" shall mean another member of the same species.\n 13. "Control pole" shall mean a restraint device consisting of a rigid\nmetal pole with an adjustable wire noose used for handling and restraint\nof dogs, also commonly referred to as a catch pole or rabies pole.\n 14. "Death", for the purposes of describing the disposition of an\nanimal, shall mean those animals who die but are not euthanized,\nregardless of cause.\n 15. "Disinfection" shall mean the process where microorganisms are\nkilled or inactivated, typically through the application of a chemical\nor by some physical process (e.g. steam, he
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