N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 111-a: Microchipping standards

§ 111-a. Microchipping standards. 1. The commissioner may adopt and

promulgate rules and regulations that may provide for: standardization

of technology used in microchips implanted in companion animals that are

dogs or cats; and/or microchip readers so that such readers used by

veterinarians, animal shelters, dog control officers, and animal control

officers are capable of reading any chip to identify the animals and/or

the owner of record; and/or the need for such veterinarians, animal

shelters, dog control officers, and animal control officers to possess

or have access to a microchip reader capable of reading any commercially

available microchip implanted in a cat or dog. Such rules and

regulations may also provide for the collection, sharing, and

dissemination of chip identification information by entities that

possess and manage such information solely to promote timely

notification of owners when pets are lost while maintaining privacy

protection of personal information and providing for disclosure to such

owners of the sharing of such information.