Injured police animals.
35 Pa.C.S. § 8158
in effect(a) Transportation.--An emergency response provider may transport a police animal injured in the line of duty to a veterinary clinic, hospital emergency department or similar facility if there is no individual requiring immediate medical attention or transport at that time.
(b) Emergency medical care.--An emergency response provider may provide emergency medical care to a police animal injured in the line of duty while at the scene of the emergency or while the police animal is being transported to a veterinary clinic, hospital emergency department or similar facility.
(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Police animal." As defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 5531 (relating to definitions). (July 11, 2022, P.L.719, No.60, eff. 60 days) 2022 Amendment. Act 60 added section 8158. APPENDIX TO TITLE 35 HEALTH AND SAFETY ------- Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory Statutes ------- 1978, NOVEMBER 26, P.L.1332, NO.323 § 2. Transfers. All personnel, allocations, appropriations, equipment, files, records, contracts, agreements, obligations, and other material which are used, employed or expended in connection with the powers, duties or functions of the State Council of Civil Defense are hereby transferred to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency with the same force and effect as if the appropriations had been made to and the items had been the property of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency in the first instance and as if the contracts, agreements and obligations had been incurred or entered into by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Explanatory Note. Act 323 added Part V of Title 35. 1988, JULY 13, P.L.501, NO.87
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