40-15-19. Inspection service to be provided at auction agency--Veterinarian employed by board--Qualifications--Assistant veterinarian--Violation as petty offense.
Every livestock auction agency shall be provided with inspection and examination to determine evidence of disease in any livestock handled on the premises. Such examination and inspection shall be made by a veterinarian who has been recommended by the livestock auction agency to be examined and inspected and employed by the Animal Industry Board, and with the approval of the veterinarian in charge of the animal disease eradication branch of the United States Department of Agriculture, and at any livestock auction agency which is engaged in the interstate shipment of livestock. Such veterinarian shall be a local veterinarian, or a veterinarian of the vicinity, accredited, capable, and qualified, unless there is no such veterinarian available. If the livestock auction agency fails to recommend such a veterinarian within a reasonable time, the board may after ten days' notice to such agency appoint such a veterinarian. In the event of a temporary absence or in the event that a sale is too large for one veterinarian to properly handle, the veterinarian so employed may employ an assistant who shall be a licensed veterinarian of the State of South Dakota and qualified as above. A violation of this section is a petty offense.
Source: SDC 1939, §40.2007; SL 1939, ch 152; SL 1945, ch 173; SL 1957, ch 203, §3; SL 1990, ch 325, §254; SL 1992, ch 158, §91.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 40 - Animals and Livestock
Chapter 15 - Livestock Auction Agencies
Section 40-15-1 - Business constituting livestock auction agency--Exceptions.
Section 40-15-1.1 - Buying stations subject to chapter.
Section 40-15-1.2 - "Mobile market" defined.
Section 40-15-1.3 - "Livestock" defined.
Section 40-15-3 - Application for auction agency license--Contents.
Section 40-15-5 - Publication and public notice of application for license.
Section 40-15-6 - Hearing on application for license--Issuance on finding of conformity.
Section 40-15-7 - Factors considered in determining whether to issue license.
Section 40-15-8 - Annual fee for issuance or renewal of license.
Section 40-15-9 - Notice and hearing dispensed with on renewal of license.
Section 40-15-12 - Action on auction agency bond.
Section 40-15-13.1 - Approved scales to be used.
Section 40-15-13.2 - Promulgation of rules--Scales--Fees.
Section 40-15-14 - Rules specifying facilities needed by veterinary inspector.
Section 40-15-15 - Separate pens for segregation of diseased animals--Marking of quarantine pens.
Section 40-15-17 - Minimum inspection fees established by Animal Industry Board.
Section 40-15-18 - Inspection fees paid to Animal Industry Board.
Section 40-15-20 - Inspection of livestock by veterinarian--Compensation from fees collected.
Section 40-15-21 - Testing and treatment required before removal of animal from auction agency.
Section 40-15-23 - Inspection in manner prescribed by Animal Industry Board or federal government.
Section 40-15-27 - Records of livestock agency--Contents--Violation as petty offense.
Section 40-15-28 - Records open to inspection--Preservation--Copies furnished.
Section 40-15-29 - Revocation or suspension of license for failure to keep records.
Section 40-15-30 - Uniform accounting system for agencies.
Section 40-15-31.1 - Electronic auction--Regulation--Licensure.
Section 40-15-31.2 - Electronic auction--Delivery.
Section 40-15-32.1 - Grounds for revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew license.
Section 40-15-32.2 - Board authorized to assume control of funds when agency's license revoked.
Section 40-15-33 - Appeal to circuit court from revocation or suspension of license.
Section 40-15-35.1 - Animal Industry Board allowed to apply for injunction.
Section 40-15-36 - Enforcement of chapter--Orders, rules, and regulations--Publication and posting.
Section 40-15-38 - Use of livestock disease emergency fund--Authorization by Governor required.
Section 40-15-39 - "Livestock fraud" defined--Evidence--Felony.