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![handle is hein.nyattgen/nysag0107 and id is 1 raw text is: OPINIONS
OF THE NEW YORK STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Opn No. F 92-1
AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW §§118, 374; PUBLIC HEAL1TH LAW
§§504, 3305, 3306; 10 NYCRR §§55-1.1, 80.134; L 1987, Ch 619.
A pound or humane society may provide for euthanasia of a dog or cat
under its custody and control off the premises of the pound or society in
group training sessions by applicants who seek registration and certifi-
cation by the Department of Health pursuant to Public Health Law
§3305(1)(d).
Your counsel seeks the advice of this office whether a munici-
pal animal control facility (a pound) or incorporated society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals (a society) may provide for
the euthanasia of a dog or cat under its custody and control off
the premises of the pound or society in group training sessions
by applicants who seek registration and certification by the
Department of Health (the Department) as individuals who
may euthanize dogs and cats pursuant to Public Health Law
§3305(1)(d) (hereafter the PHL). We conclude a pound or
society may do so.
Your counsel notes that Chapter 619 of the Laws of 1987
amended Agriculture and Markets Law §374 (hereafter AML)
and PHL §3305 to provide for humane procedures for the eutha-
nasia of dogs and cats, to promote the use of sodium pentobar-
bital (NPB), a controlled substance (PHL §3306, Schedule
II[e][3), in the euthanasia of dogs and cats, and to authorize the
Commissioner of the Department to regulate the registration
and certification of individuals to euthanize dogs and cats using
NPB. Specifically, Chapter 619 of the Laws of 1987 amended
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