New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 23A - ANIMAL FACILITY OPERATION; ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER AND ANIMAL CRUELTY INVESTIGATOR CERTIFICATION; PILOT SPAYING AND NEUTERING CLINIC FEES; AND RABIES INOCULATION
Subchapter 1 - SANITARY OPERATION OF KENNELS, PET SHOPS, SHELTERS AND POUNDS
Section 8:23A-1.13 - Records and administration
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) There shall be kept at each kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound a record of all animals received and/or disposed of. Such record shall state the date each animal was received, description of animal, license number, breed, age and sex; name and address of person from whom acquired; date euthanized and method, or name and address of person to whom sold or otherwise transferred.
(b) These records shall be kept at the premises for 12 months after the date the animal is euthanized or removed from the establishment and shall be available to any agent of the municipal government, the local health department or the State Department of Health and Senior Services.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall, within one year from the making thereof, destroy or dispose of any books, records, documents or other papers required to be maintained under these rules.
(d) The records required to be maintained under these rules shall be held for such period in excess of the one year period specified in (b) above as may be required to comply with any Federal, State or local law. When the local health department or State Department of Health and Senior Services notifies a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound in writing that specified records shall be retained pending completion of an investigation or proceeding, such facility shall hold such records until their disposition is authorized by the local health department or the State Department of Health and Senior Services.
(e) A licensee shall promptly notify the licensing agency of any change in his or her name and address, or any change in his operations which may affect his or her status.
