An owner licensed under this chapter shall ensure that:

1. A. Proper records of all animal control activities that involve the use of drugs are created and maintained;

2. B. A record of drugs used for animal control purposes received and used by an animal control facility are kept in a consecutively numbered bound book and meet the requirements of COMAR 10.19.03, including, but are not limited to:

   1. (1) Inventory of all drug receipts;
   2. (2) Drug administrations; and
   3. (3) Any distributions of drugs;
3. C. The animal control and euthanasia records are maintained on the business premises for a period of at least 2 years;

4. D. The animal control facility records are filed and documented in chronological order to include, but not be limited to, the following information for each animal:

   1. (1) Identification of the animal, including:

      1. (a) Species; and
      2. (b) Weight;
   2. (2) Drugs administered;
   3. (3) Amount of the drug that was used for the procedure;
   4. (4) Initials of the person who administered the drug; and
   5. (5) Date of euthanasia or control procedure; and
5. E. All records are kept for a period of 2 years from the purchase date of the drug.

Authority: Agriculture Article, §§2-304, 2-305, and 2-310.1, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: April 30, 1975 (2:9 Md. R. 678)

Chapter revised effective August 3, 1992 (19:15 Md. R. 1393)

Regulation .10 amended effective March 29, 1993 (20:6 Md. R. 584)

Regulation 10 amended as an emergency provision effective May 24, 2004 (31:12 Md. R. 908); amended permanently effective September 13, 2004 (31:18 Md. R. 1351)

Chapter, Issuance of Permits for the Use of Sodium Pentobarbital, repealed and new Chapter, Animal Control Facility Licenses, adopted as an emergency provision effective October 31, 2008 (35:24 Md. R. 2070); adopted permanently effective March 9, 2009 (36:5 Md. R. 424)