MMPC Learniverse – Legal Meets Best Practices - California Focus

MMPC Learniverse – Legal Meets Best Practices - California Focus

Course Overview

The webinar you’ve been asking for! Join us in this two-part series as we embark on a fun, interactive journey to demystify California's legal landscape and discover how California laws and regulations can work in harmony with shelter policy to reduce unnecessary intakes and shorten shelter stays. In this series, we will cut through the legalese, distill key takeaways, and provide you with practical, "what does this mean for me and my work?" guidance. If your shelter squad only ever attends one webinar series about how legal guidelines can be used to your advantage let this be the one.

At the end of this series, you’ll understand how California laws and regulations should impact and inform best practices in how your shelter approaches critical areas including: 


Part 1

  • Community Cat Programs to Decrease Unnecessary Shelter Intakes
  • Options for Getting Lost Animals Home Fast
  • Working with Finders and Owners to Get Animals Back Home Without a Shelter Stay

Part 2

  • Intake Management to Focus on Animals Who Most Need You
  • Knowing Your Holding Periods to Avoid Unnecessarily Long Shelter Stays
  • Key Practices to Minimize in Shelter Length of Stay After the Legal Hold
  • Improving Animal Flow Through to Appropriate Outcomes
  • Providing Needed Care with Limited Resources

Powered by partnership. This webinar is brought to you by the Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge Learniverse at the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program, San Francisco SPCA’s Shelter PALS program, and CalAnimals. By sharing our diverse expertise and working together to find the intersections where California law impacts animal shelters, we’ve formulating hollistic shelter practices that allow you to better leverage the law.


Acknowledgment

These webinars are presented by Bruce Wagman, Lead Counsel for the San Francisco SPCA's Shelter Policy and Legal Services (Shelter PALS) program and Cindi Delany, DVM, Director of Online Learning for Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge at the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program hosted by the California Animal Welfare Association (CalAnimals).

Disclaimer 

California law is discussed in this course.  However, most of the basic concepts and discussion points will apply to all states. If you're not in California, let this information guide you in what laws to research in your own state, and be sure to consult with an attorney in your state. 

Continuing Education Credits

These webinars have each been approved for 1.5 hours (3 total hours) of Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) continuing education credit by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement (AAWA) and by National Animal Care and Control Association (NACA). 

These webinars have each been approved for 1.5 hours (3 total hours) of RACE continuing education credit until 11/20/2023 in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. Upon completing the course and passing the quiz, upload your certificate to https://CEBroker.com. This is the broker used by the AAVSB to track your continuing education credits.

Contact

Email us at learniverse@sheltermedportal.com if you have any questions or concerns about this course.

Keywords

Animal care laws, legal, laws, ordinances, medical, drug, premises permit, controlled substances, euthanasia, compliance, DEA, regulations, cats, kittens, community, cat, programs, TNR, SNR,  medical, RVT, veterinarian, assistants, intake, holding periods, legal, holds, holding, period, mandates, stray, hold, owner, surrender, public, shelter, private 

Maddie’s®️ Million Pet Challenge

With the Maddie’s®️ Million Pet Challenge, the Five Key Initiatives of the Million Cat Challenge have expanded to include other species at risk in shelters and evolved into the Four Rights.  

Within the Four Rights, every element works in concert to support one another: animals and people are treated as individuals, empowering shelter staff to make the best decisions for everyone; community safety net services are in place and flourishing; and humane care within the shelter is provided, with appropriate outcomes for the animals that do come in, allowing shelters to deliver the Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time, and to the Right Outcome

This course focuses on understanding intake requirements and holding periods that can help your shelter make sure animals are in the Right Place for the Right Time. 

Learn more about  Maddie's®️ Million Pet Challenge Learniverse.  #ThankstoMaddie

Maddie’s®️ Pet Forum Discussion Group 

You can also join the discussion about these concepts over on Maddie's Pet Forum in the Shelter PALS Legal Series Discussion Group.

Discussion Group on Maddie's Pet Forum

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Part 1 - Community Cat Programs and Finder-Foster Programs
Webinar Recording - Part 1 - Community Cat Programs, Finder-Foster Programs
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Select the "View On-Demand Recording" button to begin.  |  91 minutes Part 1 of a two-part, fun, interactive journey to demystify California's legal landscape and discover how California laws and regulations can work in harmony with shelter policy to reduce unnecessary intakes and shorten shelter stays.
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Course Quiz - Part 1
15 Questions  |  3 attempts  |  7/15 points to pass
15 Questions  |  3 attempts  |  7/15 points to pass Let's check your knowledge after the Legal Meets Best Practices Part 1 Webinar (and help you get your CE credits).
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CAWA/NACA CE Certificate - Part 1
1.50 CAWA & NACA CE credits  |  Certificate available
1.50 CAWA & NACA CE credits  |  Certificate available This webinar has been approved for 1.5 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement (AAWA) and by National Animal Care and Control Association.
You must register to access.
RACE CE Certificate - Part 1
1.50 RACE credits  |  Certificate available
1.50 RACE credits  |  Certificate available This webinar has been approved for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit until November 14, 2024 in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. Upon completing the course and passing the quiz, upload your certificate to https://CEBroker.com. This is the broker used by the AAVSB to track your continuing education credits.
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Legal Meets Best Practices Discussion Thread
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Select the "Visit the Discussion Thread" button to begin. Legal Meets Best Practices Discussion Thread on Maddie's®️ Pet Forum will open in a new window/tab.
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Part 2 - Intake and Holding Periods & Who Can Do What in the Shelter
Webinar Recording - Part 2 - Intake and Holding Periods, Knowing who can do what in the shelter
Recorded 12/13/2023  |  92 minutes
Recorded 12/13/2023  |  92 minutes Part 2 of a two-part, fun, interactive journey to demystify California's legal landscape and discover how California laws and regulations can work in harmony with shelter policy to reduce unnecessary intakes and shorten shelter stays.
You must register to access.
Course Quiz - Part 2
15 Questions  |  3 attempts  |  7/15 points to pass
15 Questions  |  3 attempts  |  7/15 points to pass Let's check your knowledge after going through the Legal Meets Best Practices Webinar - Part 2 (and help you get your CE credits).
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CAWA/NACA CE Certificate - Part 2
1.50 CAWA/NACA credits  |  Certificate available
1.50 CAWA/NACA credits  |  Certificate available This webinar has been approved for 1.5 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement (AAWA) and by National Animal Care and Control Association.
You must register to access.
RACE CE Certificate - Part 2
1.50 RACE credits  |  Certificate available
1.50 RACE credits  |  Certificate available This webinar has been approved for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit until __________ in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. Upon completing the course and passing the quiz, upload your certificate to https://CEBroker.com. This is the broker used by the AAVSB to track your continuing education credits.
You must register to access.
Webinar Feedback Survey
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Bruce Wagman

Lead Counsel

San Francisco SPCA - Shelter Policy and Legal Services (Shelter PALS)

For almost three decades, Bruce Wagman has been using his legal education and well-honed skills to help animals in all sectors of society, and benefit both society and the animals themselves. He is the only lawyer running an exclusive animal law practice in a major United States firm. He litigates, drafts animal-friendly legislation, oversees rescue operations, and consults clients who care for and protect animals. He has published two major works, the leading casebook for law schools nationwide—Animal Law: Cases and Materials—and a global survey of animal laws, A Worldview of Animal Law, the only global survey of animal law. Bruce also founded Project Chimps, a chimpanzee sanctuary that is home to chimpanzees retired from a research laboratory. Bruce’s clients include numerous animal protection organizations as well as private individuals. He has worked on behalf of many species, including alpacas, bears, birds, cats, chickens, chinchillas, chimpanzees, cows, deer, dogs, dolphins, ducks, elephants, elk, ferrets, geese, goats, gorillas, horses (domestic and wild), lions, mice, monkeys, pigs, rabbits, sharks, turkeys, whales, and wolves. In addition to his role as Lead Counsel of Shelter PALS, Bruce currently serves as Of Counsel at Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP.

Learn more about the San Francisco SPCA - Shelter Policy and Legal Services (Shelter PALS)

Cindi Delany

Director of Online Learning

Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge , UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program

With an undergraduate degree in Business/Economics from UCLA and a DVM from UC Davis, Dr. Cindi Delany has practiced emergency medicine, animal shelter medicine and shelter outreach for more than 20 years. Her focus with the Koret Shelter Medicine Program’s animal shelter outreach and industry speaking activities is on programs targeted to improve animal outcomes, provide environmental enrichment for shelter animals, explore shelter animal behavior and training, improve shelter data collection and analysis, and maximize operational efficiencies in a limited resource environment. Dr. Delany is now taking her passion and expertise for sharing information and learnings about maximizing animal shelter success to the next level as the Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Director of Online Learning at the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program.