Section 996.100  Definitions

"Act" means the Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal Population Control Act [510 ILCS 92].

"Companion Animal" means any domestic dog (canis lupus familiaris) or domestic cat (felis catus).  (Section 10 of the Act)

"Department" means the Department of Public Health.  (Section 10 of the Act)

"Director" means the Director of Public Health.  (Section 10 of the Act)

"Feral Cat" means a cat that:

is born in the wild or is the offspring of an owned or feral cat and is not socialized;

is a formerly owned cat that has been abandoned and is no longer socialized;

or lives on a farm.  (Section 2.11b of the Animal Control Act)

"Feral Cat Colony Manager" means an Illinois resident, identified by a county or municipality that recognizes the program, who humanely traps feral cats for spaying or neutering and return.  (Section 25 of the Act)

"Fund" means the Pet Population Control Fund established in the Act.  (Section 10 of the Act)

"Program" means the Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal Population Control Program established by the Department of Public Health.  This program provides low-cost dog or cat sterilizations for eligible owners of companion animals and eligible managers of feral cat colonies.

"State Fiscal Year" means an accounting period of 12 months starting July 1 and ending June 30.

"Veterinarian" means a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Illinois under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 [225 ILCS 115].