California Health and Safety Code 122321 – (a) A pet shop with five or fewer employees may not possess an …
(a) A pet shop with five or fewer employees may not possess an unweaned bird unless the pet shop employs at least one person per pet shop location who has completed the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council’s avian certification program.
(b) A pet shop with six or more employees may not possess an unweaned bird unless the pet shop employs at least two people who have completed the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council’s avian certification program.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 122321
- Bird: means any order of Psittaciformes bird. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
- Bird mart: means an event at which two or more persons offer birds for sale or exchange and where a fee is charged for the privilege of offering or displaying the birds. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
- Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
- Pet shop: means a retail pet shop location primarily engaged in retailing pets, pet foods, and pet supplies, as defined by the North American Industry Classification System. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
- Time of sale: means the calendar date the retail purchaser removed the bird from the premises of the pet shop following the retail sale of that bird. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
- Unweaned bird: means any bird that requires hand-feeding or animal assistance to sustain at least 90 percent of its own weight for at least two weeks. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
- Vendor: means any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a broker, agent, aviary, or breeder, who sells birds directly to the retail purchaser at a bird mart or at a swap meet as defined in §. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
- Weaned: means a bird that does not require hand-feeding or animal assistance to sustain at least 90 percent of its own weight following the time of sale, notwithstanding any illness or injury. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
(c) A pet shop may not sell a bird unless the bird is weaned.
(d) A vendor may not sell a bird at a swap meet or bird mart, unless the bird is weaned.
(e) At the time of sale, a pet shop location or vendor shall document the weight of any hand-fed bird under one year of age, and note the weight on the sales receipt.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 887, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004. Section operative September 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 122324.)