2016 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 26-A - (Agriculture & Markets) CARE OF ANIMALS BY PET DEALERS
405 - Inspection of pet dealers.

  405.  Inspection  of pet dealers. 1. The commissioner or his or her
  authorized agents shall, at a minimum, make yearly  inspections  of  pet
  dealers'  facilities  to  ensure  compliance with the provisions of this
  article and with the provisions of article thirty-five-D of the  general
  business  law,  except  for  those pet dealers who engage in the sale of
  less than twenty-five animals in a year, in which case inspections shall
  be made whenever in the discretion of the commissioner  or  his  or  her
  authorized agents, a complaint warrants such investigation.
2.  The commissioner may, pursuant to an agreement entered into with a
  county or city delegate the authority  to  conduct  inspections  of  pet
  dealers  and  to  respond  to  complaints concerning pet dealers to such
  county or city where the pet dealer is located;  provided  however  such
  delegation  of  inspection  authority  shall only be permitted where the
  commissioner has delegated  his  or  her  authority  to  issue  licenses
  pursuant to section four hundred three of this article.
3.  Any  person conducting an inspection of a pet dealer or responding
  to a complaint concerning a pet dealer shall be specifically trained  in
  the  proper  care  of  cats  and  dogs  and  in  the  investigation  and
  identification of cruelty to animals.