N.Y. General Business Law § 750-h: Denial of license application and suspension and revocation of licenses

§ 750-h. Denial of license application and suspension and revocation

of licenses. 1. An application for a license under this article may be

denied or a license to engage in the business of operating a pet

cemetery or pet crematorium may be suspended or revoked, by the

secretary of state, for any one or more of the following causes:

(a) Fraud or bribery in securing a license;

(b) The making of any false statement as to a material matter in any

application or other statement or certificate required by or pursuant to

this article;

(c) Incompetency in the operation of a pet cemetery or pet

crematorium;

(d) Failure to display the license as provided in this article;

(e) Violation of any provision of this article, or of any rule or

regulation adopted hereunder;

(f) Conviction of a crime involving fraud, theft, perjury or bribery

or other cause which would permit disqualifications from receiving a

license upon the original application;

(g) Failure to retain all pet disposal forms for a period of two years

following receipt;

(h) Failure to comply with the duties of a pet cemetery owner or

operator as set forth in section seven hundred fifty-v of this article;

and

(i) Conviction of a violation of article twenty-six of the agriculture

and markets law involving cruelty to animals.

2. Whenever the license to engage in the business of operating a pet

cemetery or pet crematorium is revoked, such license shall not be

reinstated or reissued until after the expiration of a period of five

years from the date of such revocation and the secretary of state

approves the license application pursuant to section seven hundred

fifty-e of this article.