New York A00871 would prohibit vivisection at colleges and universities if an alternative method exists.

New York A00871 amends the education law to prohibit vivisection at colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, or graduate schools in the state if an alternative method or strategy exists. Vivisection is defined as experimentation through surgery on a living organism to view its internal structure. A "scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy" is defined as a teaching method or strategy used by a majority of other institutions of higher education to accomplish the same goal. The act would take effect 180 days after it becomes law.

New York A00871 would prohibit vivisection at colleges and universities if an alternative method exists.

New York A00871 amends the education law to prohibit vivisection at colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, or graduate schools in the state if an alternative method or strategy exists. Vivisection is defined as experimentation through surgery on a living organism to view its internal structure. A "scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy" is defined as a teaching method or strategy used by a majority of other institutions of higher education to accomplish the same goal. The act would take effect 180 days after it becomes law.