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Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Infectious and Contagious Livestock and Poultry Diseases
Section 3-101 - General Powers and Responsibilities of Secretary - (a) The Secretary shall protect the health of the domestic...
Section 3-102 - Quarantine by Governor - If the Secretary presents facts to the Governor showing the...
Section 3-103 - Cooperation With Federal Authorities; Appointment of Assistants in Event of Epidemic - (a) The Secretary may cooperate with the Department of Agriculture...
Section 3-104 - Local Health Authorities and Veterinarians Required to Report Contagious and Infectious Diseases - (a) Every local health authority of every county shall investigate...
Section 3-105 - Powers of Secretary to Prevent Spread of Contagious or Infectious Diseases - (a) To prevent the spread of contagious or infectious diseases,...
Section 3-105.1 - Administrative Search Warrants - (a) The Secretary or a designee of the Secretary may...
Section 3-106 - Prohibiting Shipments of Livestock or Poultry - The Secretary or his agent may prohibit the shipment of...
Section 3-107 - Appraisal of Building, Article or Animal Which Is to Be Destroyed - (a) (1) This section does not apply to and the...
Section 3-108 - Disposal of Carcass, Hide, and Offal of Slaughtered Animal - When any animal is slaughtered under the provisions of this...
Section 3-109 - Owner to Bury or Burn Animals Dying of Contagious or Infectious Disease - The owner of any domestic animal that has died of...
Section 3-110 - Exposure of Healthy Animals to Infected Animals - A person may not knowingly expose any animal to an...
Section 3-111 - Sale of Infected Animals; Unlawful Inoculation - (a) A person may not sell or otherwise dispose of...
Section 3-112 - Passing Diseased Animal as Healthy - An agent of the Secretary may not knowingly pass as...
Section 3-113 - Refusing Access or Resisting Quarantine; Concealing Disease - (a) A person may not refuse the Secretary or his...
Section 3-114 - Prosecutions by State's Attorney - The State’s Attorney of the appropriate county shall prosecute any...
Section 3-115 - Animals Posing Threat to Poultry, Livestock, or Human Safety - (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is...
Section 3-116 - Administrative Penalties - (a) In lieu of or in addition to any penalty...
Section 3-117 - Animal Health Fund - (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Animal Health Fund....
Section 3-118 - Prohibited Actions Concerning Animal Information - (a) A person may not willfully make a false statement...
Section 3-119 - Violations; Injunction - (a) (1) The Department may bring an action for an...
Subtitle 2 - Regulation of Biological Products and Tests
Section 3-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 3-201.1 - Possession, Sale or Distribution of Certain Biological Products Prohibited; Exceptions - (a) (1) Except as provided in this subsection, a person...
Section 3-202 - Applicability of Subtitle - This subtitle does not apply to any act that is...
Section 3-203 - Biological Products Laboratory - (a) The Secretary may establish, equip, and supervise a biological...
Section 3-204 - Tests, Investigations, and Research - (a) The Secretary may conduct tests and investigations of any...
Section 3-205 - Sale of Biological Products by Secretary - The Secretary may sell any biological product to any licensed...
Section 3-206 - Experiments With Consent of Secretary - Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Secretary may...
Section 3-207 - Buyer or Recipient of Biological Product to Maintain Records - Any person who buys or receives any biological product in...
Section 3-208 - Labeling - Any biological product used only for the testing or immunizing...
Section 3-209 - Treating Animal to Prevent Reaction; Information of Reaction to Be Given to Purchaser; Permission for Sale After Reaction - (a) No person may treat any animal with any material...
Subtitle 3 - Regulation of Livestock Sales
Section 3-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 3-302 - Disposition of License Fees - The license fees received by the Secretary pursuant to §...
Section 3-303 - Licenses - (a) No person may be a livestock dealer without first...
Section 3-304 - Licenses -- Refusal, Suspension, or Revocation - The Secretary may refuse to issue a license or may...
Section 3-305 - Records of Animals Received and Disposed Of - (a) Each licensed livestock market operator and licensed livestock dealer...
Section 3-306 - Truckers or Haulers to Possess Health Certificate or Declaration; Quarantine - (a) Every owner or consignor shall furnish the trucker or...
Section 3-307 - Sanitation; Treatment of 3-D Livestock - The Secretary may adopt regulations: (1) Establishing standards of sanitation...
Section 3-308 - Exemptions - The provisions of this subtitle do not apply to the...
Section 3-309 - Duty of State's Attorney - Any State’s Attorney to whom any violation is reported shall...
Section 3-310 - Injunction - Notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law, the Secretary...
Subtitle 4 - Importation of Cattle or Swine
Section 3-401 - Imported Cattle to Be Accompanied by Inspection Certificate - No person may import into the State cattle for breeding...
Section 3-402 - Examination in Lieu of Inspection Certificate - In lieu of an inspection certificate, imported cattle may be...
Section 3-403 - Imported Swine to Be Accompanied by Health Certificate - All swine imported into the State for breeding purposes or...
Section 3-404 - Feeding Garbage to Swine - (a) For purposes of this section, “garbage” means any putrescible...
Section 3-405 - Authority of Secretary - (a) The Secretary may adopt rules and regulations he deems...
Subtitle 5 - Driving Livestock on Improved Highways
Section 3-501 - "Herd" Defined - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 3-502 - Attendants - (a) No person may permit a herd of livestock upon...
Section 3-503 - Lights - The front and rear attendants shall carry a red lighted...
Section 3-504 - Exemptions - This subtitle does not apply to farmers or dairymen driving...
Subtitle 6 - Stray Domestic Animals
Section 3-601 - Scope of Subtitle - This subtitle does not apply in Caroline County, Dorchester County,...
Section 3-602 - "Enclosure" Defined - In this subtitle, “enclosure” means a common-law enclosure and not...
Section 3-603 - Impounding; Damages - (a) The owner or occupant of an enclosure who finds...
Subtitle 7 - Enclosed Livestock
Section 3-701 - Opening Enclosure of Another - (a) A person may not willfully and maliciously open the...
Subtitle 8 - Regulation of Poultry to Protect Animal Health and Control Avian Influenza
Section 3-801 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 3-802 - Annual License - (a) Except as provided by the Secretary, each live poultry...
Section 3-803 - Power to Adopt Health Protection Program - (a) In addition to the power to protect the health...
Section 3-804 - Registration - (a) Except as provided by the Secretary, a person may...
Section 3-805 - Grounds for Refusal, Suspension, or Revocation of License - The Secretary may refuse to issue a license or registration,...
Subtitle 9 - Transporting Horses
Section 3-901 - "Transport" Defined - In this subtitle, “transport” means to carry a horse, cause...
Section 3-902 - Requirements - (a) A person may not transport a horse in a...
Section 3-903 - Civil Penalties - Instead of any other penalty authorized under this article, a...
Subtitle 10 - Use of Antimicrobial Drugs
Section 3-1001 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 3-1002 - Applicability - Except as otherwise provided in federal law or regulation, this...
Section 3-1003 - Administration of Important Antimicrobial Drug -- When Permitted; Limitations - (a) A medically important antimicrobial drug may not be administered...
Section 3-1004 - Reports - (a) Each year the Department shall collect publicly available data...
Section 3-1005 - Administrative Penalty - The Secretary may impose an administrative penalty, not exceeding $2,000...
Section 3-1006 - Regulations - The Department may adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.