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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 10-918 Sick or injured horses.">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-918" heading="Sick or injured horses.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Treatment required; unnecessary moving prohibited.">If a horse is sick, diseased, lame, injured, or in pain:<para num="(1)">the custodian of the horse must take action to obtain immediate veterinary treatment, care, and attention; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the horse may not be moved or driven, except:<para num="(i)">to obtain required veterinary treatment, care, and attention; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">to obtain immediate humane keeping or pasture.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Use during recovery period.">During the recovery or convalescent period, the horse may not be used or worked unless the custodian has a signed, dated certificate from the treating veterinarian stating that the horse’s condition will not be impaired or aggravated by the activity.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Disposal.">A sick, diseased, lame, or injured horse may not be disposed of except in a humane manner.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §32(k)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-573</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
