§ 750-t. Disposal in compliance with forms. A pet cemetery owner shall dispose of a pet in compliance with a pet disposal form completed by a pet owner or veterinarian. If such pet is disposed of, either by individual cremation or individual burial, the pet cemetery owner shall within ten days of such disposal send or give a written confirmation of such disposal to the pet owner or veterinarian, depending on instructions in pet disposal form, and, shall attest to the method, date, and place of disposal. If a pet is disposed of either through mass cremation or mass burial, no written confirmation shall be required. Copies of all forms shall be retained for a period of two years after receipt. All pet remains shall be buried at least twelve inches below the surface of the ground or in accordance with § 377 of the agriculture and markets law in the case of a large domestic animal or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner.

Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 750-T

  • Individual burial: means the interment of a single pet's remains in a separate grave. See N.Y. General Business Law 750-A
  • Individual cremation: means the cremation of a single pet's remains in a separate receptacle that allows the pet's cremains to remain separate from the cremains of other pets. See N.Y. General Business Law 750-A
  • Mass burial: means the interment of pet remains communally in a grave containing more than one pet. See N.Y. General Business Law 750-A
  • Mass cremation: means the cremation of pets communally in a receptacle containing more than one pet. See N.Y. General Business Law 750-A
  • Pet: means any domestic animal that has been adapted or tamed to live in intimate association with people but is not limited to, dogs, cats, rodents, fish, birds, snakes, turtles, lizards, frogs and rabbits. See N.Y. General Business Law 750-A
  • Pet cemetery: means any land, place, structure, facility or building provided by any person for a fee, whether or not for profit, to veterinarians or members of the general public for use, or reservation for use, for the permanent interment or inurnment above or below ground of pet remains. See N.Y. General Business Law 750-A
  • Pet owner: means the person who is listed as the owner of the pet in veterinary records or pet cemetery or crematorium records or his or her agent or employee. See N.Y. General Business Law 750-A
  • Veterinarian: means a person licensed to practice the profession of veterinary medicine as defined by § 6701 of the education law. See N.Y. General Business Law 750-A
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