2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26-C - Regulation of Animal Shelters › 432 - Foster Care Provider Requirements.

* §  432.  Foster care provider requirements. 1. No person may operate
  as a foster care provider in this state without first  having  signed  a
  written  agreement  with  an  animal  shelter  licensed pursuant to this
  article stating that such person may operate as a foster  care  provider
  with  the  approval and under the responsibility of such animal shelter.
  Such agreement shall be renewed not less than once every two years,  and
  a  copy  of  such agreement shall be kept by both the animal shelter and
  foster  care  provider  and  made  available  for  inspection   by   the
  commissioner  upon request. It shall be the responsibility of the animal
  shelter entering into such  agreement  with  any  foster  care  provider
  pursuant  to  this  article  to ensure that such foster care provider is
  able to responsibly harbor and  provide  necessary  sustenance  for  any
  animal  placed  in  their  care  by such animal shelter in a manner that
  promotes the good health, safety and welfare of such animals. No  animal
  shelter  shall  knowingly  enter  into  any  agreement  pursuant to this
  subdivision with any person who  has  been  previously  convicted  of  a
  violation  of  any  provision  of  article twenty-six of this chapter or
  regulations promulgated thereunder pertaining  to  humane  treatment  of
  animals,  cruelty  to  animals,  endangering  the  life  or health of an
  animal, or violation of any federal, state, or local law  pertaining  to
  the  care,  treatment,  sale,  possession, or handling of animals or any
  regulation or rule relating to the endangerment of the life or health of
  an animal.
2. Foster care providers may harbor animals owned by a licensed animal
  shelter but shall not own such animals and shall  keep  a  copy  of  the
  current  record  of each animal harbored under any agreement established
  pursuant to subdivision one  of  this  section.  Such  record  shall  be
  maintained  at  the  physical  premises where such foster care providers
  harbor such animals. Animal shelters may, if appropriate to protect  the
  identity  of  the  source  of  any  animal,  provide  their  foster care
  providers with a partial  animal  record  that  excludes  the  name  and
  address  of  the  organization  or  individual from whom such animal was
  obtained and the date of receipt, so long as such animal shelters keep a
  copy of the complete record at the  location  where  it  maintains  such
  records  pursuant  to section four hundred twenty-three of this article.
  It is the responsibility of the animal shelter with  which  such  foster
  care  provider  has established an agreement pursuant to subdivision one
  of this section to ensure compliance with this subdivision.
3. Any animal harbored by a foster  care  provider  pursuant  to  this
  section that is affected by an infectious or contagious disease shall be
  handled  in  a  manner  that  prevents  the  spread  of  such disease in
  accordance with subdivision nine of section four hundred twenty-four  of
  this  article. It shall be the responsibility of the animal shelter with
  which such foster care provider has established an agreement pursuant to
  subdivision  one  of  this  section  to  ensure  compliance  with   this
  subdivision.
* NB Effective December 15, 2025