Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 532 - Board of Commercial Pet Breeders
Chapter 15 - Commercial Pet Breeder Operations Guidelines
Subchapter 7 - Recordkeeping and Sales Requirements
Section 532:15-7-2 - Pet health history provided to purchaser; sale of unhealthy pets

(a) Immunization records. At the time of the sale, commercial pet breeders shall provide to purchasers of pets a written disclosure of all treatments involving immunizations, medications, anthelmetics (wormers) and all other treatments for parasites, administered to the purchased pet thirty days prior to the sale. The disclosure shall describe the pet and describe the product used, the dosage, and the medication or product was administered to the animal.

(b) Disclosure of health conditions upon sale; costs of care. Commercial pet breeders shall not knowingly sell a diseased or sick pet without fully disclosing the pet's condition to the purchaser. At the time they offer a pet for sale, commercial pet breeders shall disclose to the purchaser whether the offered animal has any known diseases, defects, or health conditions. If, within 10 days after receipt of a pet by the purchaser, a veterinarian states, in writing, that the pet has an undisclosed health problem or disease which existed in the animal at the time of delivery, or if within one year after receipt of the animal by the purchaser, a veterinarian states, in writing, that the pet has died or is ill due to an undisclosed hereditary or congenital defect, or is not of the breed type represented, the pet shall be considered to have been unfit for sale at the time of sale. A purchaser shall be entitled to return to the commercial pet breeder a pet that was unfit for sale and obtain full reimbursement of the purchase price, except that if the unfit pet has died within one year of delivery the purchaser may obtain a reimbursement of the purchase price without returning the pet upon providing proof that the pet has died.

(c) Purchaser defined. For purposes of cost reimbursement under this section, purchaser, as defined in subsection (b) of this section, shall include the consumer who ultimately purchases the pet if the commercial pet breeder sells the pet to an intermediary or retailer if consumer obtains a veterinary statement indicating that the pet had pre-existing health problems, as described in subsection (b), and if the commercial pet breeder failed to disclose the pre-existing health problems to the intermediary that purchased the pet from the commercial pet breeder. In such case, recovery would be limited to the price paid to the commercial pet breeder. Commercial pet breeders will not be liable to consumers if they disclose pre-existing health problems to the intermediary or retailer that ultimately sells the pet to the consumer.