§19-9-1. Definitions. The following words, as used in this article, or in any rule or regulation authorized thereunder, unless the context otherwise requires or a different meaning is specifically prescribed, shall have the following meanings: (a) "Commissioner," the state commissioner of agriculture; (b) "Animal," any domestic equine or bovine animal, sheep, goat, swine, dog, cat […]
§19-9-10. Commissioner may prescribe tests for diseases. The commissioner may prescribe methods of making tests with tuberculin, mallein or other recognized tests for the diagnosis of animal diseases.
Every sale in this state of a biological product intended for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes with animals, and each injection or test made therewith, shall be reported in writing to the commissioner within one week after such sale or test. Each such report shall be signed by the person who made the sale or test. […]
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, or sell or offer for sale, any biological product intended for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes with animals unless such product is officially approved by the bureau of animal industry of the United States.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to sell or offer for sale, distribute, administer, barter, exchange, give away or otherwise dispose of unattenuated hog cholera virus except upon a special written permit issued by the commissioner of agriculture. "Hog cholera virus" means an unattenuated virus administered to swine for the […]
§19-9-13. Quarantine of premises or animals; general and special quarantine defined. Whenever any communicable disease shall exist anywhere in the state a quarantine of any locality or premises, or of any infected or exposed animals, may be established. Quarantine shall be of two kinds: (a) "Special quarantine," which shall mean a quarantine of a single […]
The commissioner or his authorized agent shall have the power to establish and maintain a special quarantine, whenever any domestic animal shall be affected with or exposed to any communicable disease, or whenever he deems it necessary to have any animal examined or tested. When a special quarantine is established, the commissioner, or his agent, […]
A general quarantine may be established and maintained whenever any communicable disease of domestic animals shall exist in any locality in the state larger in extent than that which may be included in a special quarantine. A general quarantine shall be established and maintained by order of the commissioner only; but in establishing and maintaining […]
It shall be unlawful for any person, during the continuance of any quarantine, to tear down, deface or destroy any notice of quarantine posted by any officer, agent, or employee of the commissioner, or to remove or destroy any portion of a building or tree or fence whereon the same shall have been posted.
The owner of animals placed in quarantine by the commissioner or his agents shall provide suitable quarters for them and feed and water them. If he fails or refuses to do so, the commissioner or his agents shall provide such quarters and feed and water such animals at the expense of the owner. If such […]
After the establishment of any quarantine authorized by this article, and the posting of the notices required by law, it shall be unlawful for any person, during the continuance of such quarantine, without a special permit in writing from the commissioner, to remove any animal from or to any premises within the limits of the […]
When any quarantine shall be established under this article, it shall be unlawful for the owner of any domestic animal within the limits of the quarantined area to allow such domestic animal to run at large during the continuance of the quarantine. Any animal so found running at large shall be taken up by any […]
It shall be the duty of the commissioner, and he shall have authority: (a) To prevent, suppress, control and eradicate any communicable diseases of animals or poultry; (b) To make and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this article; (c) To collect and disseminate information and statistics […]
§19-9-20. Bringing animals into state; health certificate. It shall be unlawful for any person or his agents or employees knowingly to drive, cause to be driven, bring or cause to be brought into this state any domestic animal infected with any communicable disease. Every domestic animal being brought into the state for any purpose, by […]
It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of any domestic animal, which is to enter this state without a certificate of health, to notify the commissioner in writing stating when, where and how the animal is to be brought into this state. Such notice must reach the commissioner before the animal arrives […]
When notified by the commissioner, or any of his agents or employees, not to do so, it shall be unlawful for any person to receive, keep or have in his possession any domestic animal imported or brought into this state in violation of any of the provisions of this article, or to allow any such […]
No domestic animal that has been, or is to be, used for dairy or breeding purposes shall be imported or brought into this state except under the following regulations: There shall be provided for each bovine animal a health certificate and a tuberculin test chart, each in triplicate, from a veterinary inspector of the United […]
Any bovine animal, not accompanied by the health certificate and tuberculin test chart required by section twenty-three of this article, may be brought into this state only under the direct supervision of an officer, or agent of the commissioner, subject to the provisions of section twenty-one of this article and to the following regulations: Each […]
If the commissioner shall suspect the genuineness of any health certificate or tuberculin test chart relating to imported animals or shall question the competency of the person of the state of export who shall have issued such chart or certificate, he may decline to accept the same, and refuse to permit the importation of the […]
Sections twenty to twenty-five, both inclusive, of this article, shall not apply to animals brought into the state for immediate slaughter, or for temporary exhibition purposes only, if a permit, conditioned as the commissioner may prescribe, for each animal intended for exhibition, shall first have been obtained from him
