Any duly incorporated humane society contracted to perform animal control services by a parish or municipality or any parish or municipal animal control agency may apply to the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health for a permit to purchase, possess, and administer sodium pentobarbital for the humane euthanasia of animals.

            Acts 1987, No. 225, §2; Acts 2006, No. 676, §3, eff. July 1, 2006.