374 HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS USED IN RESEARCH 
Sec. 3. The State commissioner of health is hereby vested with the adminis- 
tration of the provisions of this Act and is authorized to incur such expenses 
as shall be authorized by the legislature. The members of the advisory commit- 
tee shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to actual and necessary 
expenses incurred in performance of official duties. 
Sec. 4. The State commissioner of health, or his duly authorized representative, 
or any member of the advisory committee, is hereby authorized to inspect any 
premises or property on or in which animals are kept for experimental purposes, 
for the purpose of investigation of compliance with the rules and regulations 
adopted hereunder. Such regulations shall provide for such humane treatment 
of animals as is reasonably necessary for the purposes of this Act. 
Sec. 5. No person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation shall keep or 
use animals for experimental purposes unless registered to do so by the State 
commissioner of health. The State commissioner of health is hereby required 
to grant registration for the humane use of animals for experimental purposes 
subject to compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated under the 
provisions of this Act. The State commissioner of health is authorized to 
suspend or revoke any registration under the provisions of this Act for failure 
to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. The findings 
of fact made by the State commissioner of health acting within his powers shall, 
in the absence of fraud or arbitrariness, be conclusive, but the circuit court of 
the county of Ingham shall have power to review questions of law involved in 
any final decision or determination of said commissioner : Provided, That appli- 
cation is made by the aggrieved party within thirty days after such determi- 
nation, and the said court shall have jurisdiction to make such orders in respect 
thereto as justice may require. 
Sec. 6. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund of the State the 
sum of $1,000 to the State commissioner of health to carry out the provisions 
of this Act. 
Michigan Regulations foe the Humane Use of Animals 
1. Application for registration shall be made in writing to the State commis- 
sioner of health and in addition to the name and business address of the ap- 
plicant, it shall contain the names and qualifications of those persons who are 
responsible to the applicant for the proper care or use of animals under the 
provisions of this act. 
2. Before granting any requested registration, the State commissioner of 
health shall be satisfied that the applicant has adequate facilities, and personnel 
qualified by professional training or experience, to assure the humane use of 
animals in accordance with these regulations. 
3. Each registrant shall from time to time, upon written request by the State 
commissioner of health, furnish a current list containing the names, and qualifi- 
cations of the persons mentioned in the first regulation. 
4. That portion of the premises of each registrant which is employed in con- 
nection with the keeping or use of animals for investigational purposes shall 
be inspected annually at such times as may be designated by the State com- 
missioner of health. 
5. Interim inspections may be made at such other times as may be specifically 
directed by the State commissioner of health. 
6. The person making the inspection shall display his credentials and his 
authorization from the State commissioner of health. 
7. Every person who participates in an inspection pursuant to the laws and 
regulations shall promptly report in writing his findings to the State commis- 
sioner of health. 
8. All animal quarters shall be kept in sanitary condition. Care, consistent 
with the type of investigation being conducted, shall be given in all cases to 
assure the comfort of animals. 
9. Any surgical operation which is likely to cause greater discomfort to 
the animals than that attending anesthetization shall not be undertaken until 
the animal be first rendered incapable of perceiving pain at the operative site. 
The animal shall be maintained in that condition until the operation is com- 
pleted. 
10. Anesthetization shall not be required as a condition precedent to the per- 
formance of any particular investigation, operation, or treatment if such would 
not normally be administered were a like operation to be performed or treat- 
ment administered to adult humans. 
