21-1213. Unlawful sale, purchase or injection of certain animal vaccines. (a) It shall be unlawful:
(1) For any person, except an accredited veterinarian, to inject into any animal any live brucella abortus vaccine;
(2) for any person, except a licensed veterinarian or a person acting under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian, to inject any animal rabies vaccine into an animal;
(3) for any person, except a licensed veterinarian, to purchase any animal rabies vaccine;
(4) for any person to sell or offer for sale any animal rabies vaccine to any person except a licensed veterinarian;
(5) for any person to sell or offer for sale animal rabies vaccine to another unless the vendor is: (A) A manufacturer thereof; or (B) a licensed veterinarian; or
(6) for any person, except an accredited veterinarian, to purchase any live brucella abortus vaccine;
(7) for any person to sell or offer for sale any live brucella abortus vaccine to any person except an accredited veterinarian; or
(8) for any person to sell or offer for sale the live brucella abortus vaccine to another unless the vendor is: (A) A manufacturer thereof; or (B) an accredited veterinarian.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Direct supervision" means that an employee of a veterinarian or a student at a school of veterinary medicine shall be in personal contact with a veterinarian for each individual case.
(2) "Licensed veterinarian" has the meaning provided by K.S.A. 47-816, and amendments thereto.
(3) "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by the deputy administrator of veterinary services, animal and plant health inspection services, United States department of agriculture, in accordance with provisions of part 160 and 161, title 9, code of federal regulations. The veterinarian is accredited to perform certain functions of federal and cooperative state-federal programs. The accredited veterinarian is authorized to perform specified activities under the cooperative state-federal brucellosis eradication program.
History: L. 1969, ch. 262, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 114, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 189, § 14; L. 1996, ch. 90, § 1; July 1.