25-610. BRANDING OF POSITIVE REACTORS — REVOKING ACCREDITATION OF VETERINARIANS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. It shall further be the duty of each veterinarian in the state of Idaho, upon the receipt of such brucellosis test chart from the laboratory, to brand clearly or have branded in his presence in accordance with the U.S. department of agriculture’s publication entitled "brucellosis eradication: uniform methods and rules, effective October 1, 2003," and place an official brucellosis reactor tag in the left ear of any animals which show a positive reaction to the test in accordance with the code of federal regulation definition for a reactor. A statement that such reactors have been so branded will be made on the said chart and a copy mailed to the department within forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of said chart. A copy of any brucellosis test chart which does not show positive reactors shall also be mailed to the department within forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of said chart. Failure on the part of any veterinarian authorized by law to make blood tests, appraise reactors, vaccinate cattle or other animals, or issue quarantines shall be cause for revocation of accreditation if he fails to comply with all provisions of this law, and such veterinarian shall no longer be allowed to perform any duties for the state of Idaho until he has been reinstated.
History:
[25-610, added 1939, ch. 150, sec. 10, p. 267; am. 1988, ch. 114, sec. 8, p. 208; am. 1993, ch. 13, sec. 10, p. 52; am. 2006, ch. 216, sec. 1, p. 651.]
Structure Idaho Code
Section 25-601 - DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Section 25-602 - DUTIES OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Section 25-603 - BRUCELLOSIS ERADICATION AREA.
Section 25-604 - EXTENT OF ERADICATION AREA — SUPERVISION AND QUARANTINE OF PREMISES.
Section 25-605 - BRUCELLOSIS TESTS.
Section 25-606 - SALE OF REACTORS FOR SLAUGHTER — PAYMENTS TO OWNERS.
Section 25-607 - DISPOSAL OF POSITIVE REACTORS RESTRICTED.
Section 25-608 - IDENTIFICATION OF TESTED ANIMALS.
Section 25-609 - OFFICIAL BRUCELLOSIS TEST CHARTS — TRANSMISSION OF COPIES TO LABORATORIES.
Section 25-611 - LABORATORY TESTS — WHERE AND BY WHOM TAKEN.
Section 25-612 - DUTY OF OWNER TO HAVE REACTORS SLAUGHTERED.
Section 25-613 - VACCINATION METHOD OF CONTROL.
Section 25-613A - OFFICIAL VACCINATION AGAINST BRUCELLOSIS REQUIRED — PENALTY.
Section 25-614 - INDEMNITY PAYMENTS RESTRICTED.
Section 25-614A - HERD DEPOPULATION.
Section 25-615 - BRANDING AND ISOLATION OF POSITIVE REACTORS.
Section 25-616 - PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.