This classification applies to the boarding, daycare and/or grooming of domestic animals and includes all employees who handle or feed animals, dispense prescriptions or are otherwise exposed to any of the operative hazards of the business.
Employees of a retail store who engage in pet grooming shall be classified as 8831(3) in accordance with the provisions of the Multiple Enterprises rule.
Boarding, grooming and care of horses shall be classified as 7207(1), Stables.
The medical treatment of domestic animals, agricultural livestock and wild animals shall be classified as 8831(1), Hospitals — veterinary.
Shown below is the previously published phraseology and footnote | Effective Date |
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Phraseology: Footnote: | 1/1/2014 |
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