N.Y. General Business Law 750-H – Denial of license application and suspension and revocation of licenses
§ 750-h. Denial of license application and suspension and revocation of licenses. 1. An application for a license under this article may be denied or a license to engage in the business of operating a pet cemetery or pet crematorium may be suspended or revoked, by the secretary of state, for any one or more of the following causes:
Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 750-H
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- 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 crematorium: 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 the cremation of pets. See N.Y. General Business Law 750-A
(a) Fraud or bribery in securing a license;
(b) The making of any false statement as to a material matter in any application or other statement or certificate required by or pursuant to this article;
(c) Incompetency in the operation of a pet cemetery or pet crematorium;
(d) Failure to display the license as provided in this article;
(e) Violation of any provision of this article, or of any rule or regulation adopted hereunder;
(f) Conviction of a crime involving fraud, theft, perjury or bribery or other cause which would permit disqualifications from receiving a license upon the original application;
(g) Failure to retain all pet disposal forms for a period of two years following receipt;
(h) Failure to comply with the duties of a pet cemetery owner or operator as set forth in section seven hundred fifty-v of this article; and
(i) Conviction of a violation of Article 26 of the agriculture and markets law involving cruelty to animals.
2. Whenever the license to engage in the business of operating a pet cemetery or pet crematorium is revoked, such license shall not be reinstated or reissued until after the expiration of a period of five years from the date of such revocation and the secretary of state approves the license application pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-e of this article.