(a) The minimum standards of care for animals include
- (1) food and water sufficient to maintain each animal in good health;
- (2) an environment compatible with protecting and maintaining the good health and safety of the animal; and
- (3) reasonable medical care at times and to the extent available and necessary to maintain the animal in good health.
- (b) Any determination as to whether or not the standards of this chapter are met shall be based on the professional opinion of a veterinarian licensed under AS 08.98.
- (c) The department may adopt regulations to implement this section.