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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7432
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 14, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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 and the general business
          law, in relation to veterinarian examination
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 5 of section 401 of the agri-
     2  culture and markets law, as amended by chapter 110 of the laws of  2012,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (c) Within five business days of receipt, but prior to sale of any dog
     5  or  cat,  the pet dealer shall have a duly licensed veterinarian conduct
     6  an examination and tests appropriate to the age and breed  to  determine
     7  if  the  animal  has  any medical conditions apparent at the time of the
     8  examination that adversely affect the health of the animal. For  animals
     9  eighteen  months of age or older, such examination shall include a diag-
    10  nosis of any congenital conditions that adversely affect the  health  of
    11  the  animal.  Any  animal  diagnosed  with a contagious disease shall be
    12  treated and caged separately from healthy animals.

    13    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 753-a of the general  business  law,  as
    14  amended  by  chapter  110  of  the  laws  of 2012, is amended to read as
    15  follows:
    16    1. Within five business days of receipt, but prior to the sale of  any
    17  dog  or  cat,  the  pet  dealer  shall have a duly licensed veterinarian
    18  conduct an examination and tests appropriate to the  breed  and  age  to
    19  determine  if the animal has any medical conditions apparent at the time
    20  of the examination that adversely affect the health of the  animal.  For
    21  animals  eighteen months of age or older, such examination shall include
    22  a diagnosis of any  congenital  conditions  that  adversely  affect  the
    23  health  of  the  animal.  Any animal diagnosed with a contagious disease
    24  shall be treated and caged separately from healthy animals in accordance

    25  with section four hundred one of the agriculture and markets law.
    26    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14594-01-4