Virginia Code 32.1-162.32: Definitions
A. For purposes of this section, unless the context requires a different meaning:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 32.1-162.32
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: means the State Department of Health. See Virginia Code 32.1-3
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association or any other legal entity. See Virginia Code 32.1-3
“Animal subject” means a dog or a cat.
“Medically unnecessary” means not carried out solely for the better health, welfare, or safety of the animal subject.
B. No funds appropriated, granted, or awarded by the Commonwealth shall be used by any person or entity, public or private, to directly fund medically unnecessary research classified under pain and distress category E by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on animal subjects. For purposes of this section, the direct funding of research shall not include the appropriation, grant, or award of funds for the construction or maintenance of facilities; the purchase or maintenance of general-use equipment; overhead costs; capital improvements; or faculty or employee salaries.
2018, c. 771.