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Tracking compliance with pet laws and reporting non-compliant pet shops

0:43:05

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Council Member Schulman inquires about how the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene tracks compliance with pet laws and how citizens can report non-compliant pet shops. Commissioner Schiff explains the inspection process and the use of 311 for reporting violations.

  • DOHMH conducts annual inspections and responds to complaints
  • Citizens can report non-compliant pet shops through 311
  • Discussion about potentially creating a specific 311 code for pet shop violations
Lynn C. Schulman
0:43:05
commissioner, how do you track compliance with the the pet law?
Corinne Schiff
0:43:12
We we do our annual inspection, so every pet shop has to have a permit from us.
0:43:17
Mhmm.
0:43:17
And we will do an annual routine inspection.
0:43:21
And then inspections in response to complaints, and that's how we identify whether the shops are in compliance with a host of issues, not only the source and prohibitions that have been set out by the council and the local law, but the health code sets out a range of animal welfare provisions that pet shops have to follow.
Lynn C. Schulman
0:43:38
Is there a number or some place that people can connect with at DOHMH to report somebody that's out of compliance.
Corinne Schiff
0:43:47
People who who observe patch ups out of compliance should call 311 and we we take those complaints and follow-up.
Lynn C. Schulman
0:43:53
To your knowledge, does 311 have a separate section or code for that?
Corinne Schiff
0:43:59
Let me see if we can get the answer to that while we're here.
Lynn C. Schulman
0:44:02
That's something that we might wanna legislate.
Corinne Schiff
0:44:04
Yeah.
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