# COMAR Title 15 — Maryland Department of Agriculture

## Subtitle 14 — Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

### Chapter 04 — Animal Control Facility Licenses

#### Regulation .11 Animal Control Record Keeping.

*COMAR 15.14.04.11*

An owner licensed under this chapter shall ensure that:

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

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) Inventory of all drug receipts;

  (2) Drug administrations; and

  (3) Any distributions of drugs;

C. The animal control and euthanasia records are maintained on the business premises for a period of at least 2 years;

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) Identification of the animal, including:

    (a) Species; and

    (b) Weight;

  (2) Drugs administered;

  (3) Amount of the drug that was used for the procedure;

  (4) Initials of the person who administered the drug; and

  (5) Date of euthanasia or control procedure; and

E. All records are kept for a period of 2 years from the purchase date of the drug.