Rep. Daniel Didech
Filed: 4/11/2024
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4446

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4446, AS AMENDED, 
3by inserting after the enacting clause the following:
 
4    "Section 3. The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice 
5Act of 2004 is amended by changing Section 18 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 115/18)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7018)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029)
8    Sec. 18. Unless otherwise contractually provided between 
9veterinarian and client, a veterinarian may dispose of any 
10animal abandoned in his establishment, provided he shall give 
11notice of his intention to do so to the owner at the last-known 
12address by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall 
13allow a period of 7 days to elapse after the receipt is 
14returned before disposing of such animal. But if the owner 
15cannot be located at such address, the veterinarian shall give 
16such notice by publication in a newspaper published and having 
 
 
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1a circulation in the area in which such owner was last known to 
2reside and shall allow a period of 7 days to elapse after such 
3publication before disposing of such animal.
4    A veterinarian who, on his own initiative or other than at 
5the request of the owner, gives emergency treatment to a sick 
6or injured animal, including a dangerous animal as defined in 
7Section 48-10 of the Criminal Code of 2012, shall not be liable 
8for damages in the absence of gross negligence. If the 
9veterinarian performs a euthanasic act on an animal, there is 
10the presumption that such was a humane act necessary to 
11relieve the animal of suffering.
12(Source: P.A. 83-1016.)"; and
  
13in subsection (f) of Sec. 48-10 of Section 5, by replacing "an 
14approved" with "a licensed an approved".