Prohibits vivisection at colleges, universities, professional, proprietary or graduate schools in the state where a scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy exists; defines vivisection to mean experimentation through surgery on a living organism to view living internal structure.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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226
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 7, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. COLTON, COOK, HOOPER, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting vivisec-
tion at colleges and universities in the state where a scientifically
and educationally satisfactory method or strategy exists
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 817. Vivisection prohibited. 1. For purposes of this section:
4 (a) "Vivisection" means experimentation through surgery on a living
5 organism to view living internal structure.
6 (b) "Scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy"
7 means a teaching method or strategy that accomplishes the goal of the
8 proposed education or training or teaching method or strategy that is
9 used by a majority of other institutions of higher education to accom-
10 plish the same goal.
11 2. Vivisection is prohibited at all colleges, universities, profes-
12 sional, proprietary or graduate schools in the state where an alterna-
13 tive scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy
14 exists.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
16 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04000-01-5
