Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 44-17-302 (2026)
Application
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) This part shall be applicable only to public and private agencies, animal shelters and other facilities operated for the collection, care or euthanasia of stray, neglected, abandoned or unwanted non-livestock animals.
- (b) This part shall apply to any licensed veterinarian, Tennessee veterinarian medical technician, employee, volunteer, whether compensated or otherwise, or any other person acting as an agent on behalf of a public or private agency, animal shelter or other facility operated for the collection, care or euthanasia of stray, neglected, abandoned or unwanted non-livestock animals.
Acts 1980, ch. 482, § 2; 2001, ch. 70, § 1; 2008, ch. 639, § 2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2005–2005 · leading case: Abdur'Rahman v. Bredesen, 181 S.W.3d 292 (Tenn. 2005).
Abdur'Rahman v. Bredesen, 181 S.W.3d 292 (Tenn. 2005). “§ 44-17-302. It prohibits the use of a neuromuscular blocking agent in the euthanasia of a non-livestock animal.”
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