<html> <head> <title>Rule 12:68:20:03 Methods of euthanasia.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 12:68:20:03"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 12:68:20:03 Methods of euthanasia."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>12:68:20:03.&nbsp;&nbsp;Methods of euthanasia.</b> Euthanasia of animals under authority of SDCL chapter <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=40-1">40-1</A> must be by methods that produce instantaneous unconsciousness and immediate death without visual evidence of pain or distress or by administering an anesthetic which causes loss of consciousness and death following loss of consciousness.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 18 SDR 55, effective September 23, 1991.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=40-1-25">40-1-25.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=40-1-21">40-1-21</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=40-1-25">40-1-25.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>