Any animal shelter licensed under the provisions of this chapter providing a foster care or rescue or placement program for dogs and cats shall provide those individuals serving as the providers with documentation identifying the individual as a bona fide care provider and a description of the animal in their care. A shelter placing an adult dog or cat in foster care or rescue or placement shall provide a collar with an identification tag establishing the animal as an animal from their shelter. All animals placed in foster care or rescue or placement in unincorporated Snohomish county must maintain a current Snohomish county regional pet license. The shelter placing the animal shall be responsible to maintain records with license tag numbers of the whereabouts of each animal placed with a care provider including the name and address of the provider and the length of time the animal has been in foster care or rescue or for placement. These records must be available for inspection upon demand of the licensing authority. No dog or cat shall remain in foster care or rescue or placement for more than six months. Any dog or cat remaining over six months shall lose its identity as a foster care or rescue or placement animal and is subject to the licensing requirements set forth in SCC 9.04

Any individual providing care on behalf of a licensed shelter may not shelter more than 3 adult dogs at any given time. In addition, if a care individual or* facility keeps, maintains or houses at least 4 adult dogs for more than 6 continuous months, the individual provider must obtain a private kennel licenses pursuant to SCC 6.06.007.