Requires cats and dogs who are neutered or spayed by a veterinarian to be held for twenty-four hours after the procedure to monitor for adverse effects and to undergo a follow-up exam within twenty-four hours after such procedure by a duly licensed veterinarian.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6336
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 14, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
ing cats and dogs who are neutered or spayed by a veterinarian to be
held for twenty-four hours after the procedure to monitor for adverse
effects and to undergo a follow-up exam
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Bella's law".
2 § 2. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
3 section 377-b to read as follows:
4 § 377-b. Spaying and neutering of dogs and cats by veterinarians.
5 Each time a veterinarian spays or neuters a dog or cat pursuant to
6 section one hundred seventeen-a of this chapter or section three hundred
7 seventy-seven-a of this article, as authorized through a local law,
8 rule, regulation or ordinance pursuant to section four hundred seven of
9 this chapter or section seven hundred fifty-three-d of the general busi-
10 ness law or for any other reason, such dog or cat shall remain in such
11 veterinarian's custody or possession for twenty-four hours to be moni-
12 tored for adverse effects related to the spaying or neutering procedure.
13 Additionally, every dog and cat that is spayed or neutered by a veteri-
14 narian shall receive an examination by a duly licensed veterinarian
15 within twenty-four hours of such procedure.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
17 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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