Section 25-J302. PET SHOP: HEALTH OF ANIMALS

 

302.1Sick or diseased animals in any pet shop shall be isolated from healthy animals, given adequate treatment, and kept isolated until completely recovered, or another disposition is made.

 

302.2No animal shall be offered for sale, adoption, or gift when there is a reason to suspect that the animal is sick or diseased.

 

302.3No operator of a pet shop shall accept, give, sell, or permit the acceptance, gift, or sale of any animal when there is reason to suspect that the animal may be infected with, or be a carrier of, any disease transmissible to man.

 

302.4Any animal infected with any disease transmissible to man shall be reported and controlled as required by Chapter 2 of this title. Animal bites received by any person shall be reported as required under that chapter.

 

302.5The operator of a pet shop shall provide all animals kept in the pet shop with adequate space for exercise.

 

302.6No operator of a pet shop shall permit the animals kept in the pet shop to be left without care and attention, or without an opportunity for exercise, for a period of more than fourteen (14) hours.

 

302.7Wild animals, other than animals imported into the United States under the supervision of the U.S. Public Health Service, shall not be offered for sale, adoption, or as a gift, unless the animal is of at least the second generation that has been reared in captivity.

 

302.8A record of each purchase, sale, or gift of an animal shall be kept on file by the operator for a minimum of one (1) year from the date of the last transaction with respect to the animal.

 

302.9The record required in §302.8 shall include the following information:

 

(a)The date of each transaction;

 

(b)The name and address of the person who receives, or from whom was received, the animal; and

 

(c)When ascertainable, the sex and other identification data regarding the animal.

 

source

Commissioners’ Order 67-1196 (August 8, 1967), 8 DCRR § 4:907 (1965).