Illinois Compiled Statutes
510 ILCS 68/ - Herptiles-Herps Act
Article 87 - Herptile Diseases

(510 ILCS 68/Art. 87 heading)

(510 ILCS 68/87-5)
Sec. 87-5. Herptile diseases. The Department may investigate, in conjunction with a licensed veterinarian, the transmission or potential transmission of any disease in a natural or captive population of an amphibian or reptile species. The Department may promulgate administrative rules to identify specific herptile diseases, pathogens, or fungi, as well as treatment and caretaking requirements. Any herptile harboring a disease, pathogen, or fungus specified in administrative rule may be subject to confiscation and forfeiture. A licensed veterinarian shall notify the Department under administrative rule after the discovery of a herptile that is harboring a disease, pathogen, or fungus specified in administrative rule.

(Source: P.A. 102-315, eff. 1-1-22.)

(510 ILCS 68/87-10)
Sec. 87-10. Possession of a disease carrying herptile.
(a) Upon discovery that a herptile is harboring a disease,
pathogen, or fungus specified in administrative rule, the owner or person in possession of the herptile shall notify the Department under administrative rule.
(b) An owner or person in possession of a herptile that he or she knows or reasonably should know is harboring a disease, pathogen, or fungus specified in administrative rule shall comply with all administrative rules
regarding the treatment and caretaking requirements.
(c) A violation of this Section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 102-315, eff. 1-1-22.)