WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 287
Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 287

(Senate Bill 265)

AN ACT concerning

Veterinarians and Commercial Boarding Kennel Operators -
24-Hour Supervision - Notice

FOR the purpose of requiring a veterinarian or a commercial
boarding kennel operator to provide reasonable written
notification to an animal owner, by using a certain means,
that the veterinarian or operator does not provide a certain
service; defining a certain term; and providing for a
certain penalty.

BY adding to

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Section 11-905

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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11-905.

(A) IN THIS SECTION "PREMISES" MEANS THE LAND AND THE
STRUCTURES ERECTED ON IT WHICH ARE USED FOR THE COMMERCIAL
BOARDING OF ANIMALS.

(A) (B) A VETERINARIAN, AS DEFINED IN § 2-301(G)(10) §
2-301(H) OF THE AGRICULTURE ARTICLE, OR A COMMERCIAL BOARDING
KENNEL OPERATOR WHO DOES NOT PROVIDE 24-HOUR SUPERVISION BY A
PERSON PHYSICALLY ON THE PREMISES TO AN ANIMAL UNDER THE CARE OR
CUSTODY OF THE VETERINARIAN OR THE COMMERCIAL BOARDING KENNEL
OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE REASONABLE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THE
OWNER OF THE ANIMAL BY POSTING A SIGN IN CLEAR VIEW ADVISING
OWNERS THE OWNER OF THE LACK OF 24-HOUR SUPERVISION.

(B) (C) ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION, OR ANY REGULATION ADOPTED UNDER THIS SECTION, IS SUBJECT
TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $50, IN AN ACTION IN ANY DISTRICT COURT
IN THE STATE.

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