(a) Examine, test or treat livestock for intrastate or interstate shipment, when requested so to do by the owner or shipper for a fee payable to the veterinarian by the person requesting the examination, testing or treatment.
(b) Issue official health certificates on forms and subject to the rules and regulations of the State Department of Agriculture with reference thereto.
(2) If a deputy state veterinarian is not available for the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, assistant state veterinarians may examine, test or treat livestock at the request of the owner or shipper. The department shall be paid a reasonable fee to compensate it for all costs incurred in furnishing this service.
(3) The department shall prepare and cause to have printed health certificate forms or blanks which shall be distributed without charge to deputy state veterinarians.
(4) All moneys received by the department under this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to the Department of Agriculture Service Fund, and such funds are appropriated continuously to the department for administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. [1955 c.557 §10 (enacted in lieu of 596.310); 1979 c.499 §12]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 596 - Disease Control Generally
Section 596.010 - Definitions.
Section 596.095 - Definitions for ORS 596.100, 596.105 and 596.995.
Section 596.100 - Registration of products used for treatment of animals; fees; rules.
Section 596.105 - Products exempt from registration; rules.
Section 596.210 - Establishing office of State Veterinarian; qualifications and duties.
Section 596.220 - Deputy state veterinarians.
Section 596.230 - Duties of deputy veterinarians.
Section 596.250 - Revocation or suspension of appointment of deputy veterinarian.
Section 596.260 - Deputy state veterinary technicians.
Section 596.321 - Rules governing vaccinations and reporting of listed livestock diseases.
Section 596.351 - Prohibited acts relating to livestock importation.
Section 596.392 - Authority of department relating to disease control.
Section 596.393 - Burning or burial of carcasses to control disease.
Section 596.396 - Length of quarantine; payment of expense of cleaning and disinfecting.
Section 596.402 - Authority to summarily quarantine areas; notice.
Section 596.412 - Factors to be considered by department in exercise of disease control powers.
Section 596.416 - Application to court to compel owner or person in charge of property to cooperate.
Section 596.640 - Livestock and property not eligible for indemnity.
Section 596.650 - Indemnity; appraisal of animal or property prior to destruction.