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§19-9-1. Definitions - §19-9-1. Definitions. The following words, as used in this article,...
§19-9-2. Duties and Powers of Commissioner - It shall be the duty of the commissioner, and he...
§19-9-3. Consulting Veterinarians to Assist Commissioner - The commissioner shall have authority to appoint, subject to dismissal...
§19-9-4. Inspectors of Animals - The commissioner may appoint, at different points in the state,...
§19-9-5. Persons Authorized to Enter Premises; Powers Thereof; Refusal to Enforce Orders of Commissioner - The commissioner, the consulting veterinarians, and their duly appointed and...
§19-9-6. Report of Communicable Diseases by Veterinarians and Owners; Failure to Report - Every veterinarian engaged in the practice of his profession in...
§19-9-7. Commissioner May Accept Federal Laws and Regulations - The commissioner shall have authority to accept on behalf of...
§19-9-7a. Animal Disease Traceability; Rulemaking; Exemption - West Virginia shall be a participating state in the United...
§19-9-8. Powers of Federal Inspectors - The inspectors of the bureau of animal industry of the...
§19-9-9. County Court May Cooperate in Control and Eradication of Communicable Diseases - The county court of any county is hereby authorized to...
§19-9-10. Commissioner May Prescribe Tests for Diseases - §19-9-10. Commissioner may prescribe tests for diseases. The commissioner may...
§19-9-11. Reports of Sales of and Tests With Diagnostic Materials - Every sale in this state of a biological product intended...
§19-9-12. Unlawful Sale of Diagnostic Materials - It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture for...
§19-9-12a. Sale, Distribution or Administration of Unattenuated Hog Cholera Virus - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or...
§19-9-13. Quarantine of Premises or Animals; General and Special Quarantine Defined - §19-9-13. Quarantine of premises or animals; general and special quarantine...
§19-9-14. Establishment of Special Quarantine - The commissioner or his authorized agent shall have the power...
§19-9-15. Establishment of General Quarantine - A general quarantine may be established and maintained whenever any...
§19-9-16. Unlawful to Remove, Deface or Destroy Quarantine Notice - It shall be unlawful for any person, during the continuance...
§19-9-17. Care of Quarantined Animals; Expense - The owner of animals placed in quarantine by the commissioner...
§19-9-18. Removal of Animals, etc., From Quarantined Area; Running at Large of Dogs in Such Area - After the establishment of any quarantine authorized by this article,...
§19-9-19. Domestic Animal Within Quarantined Area Running at Large - When any quarantine shall be established under this article, it...
§19-9-20. Bringing Animals Into State; Health Certificate - §19-9-20. Bringing animals into state; health certificate. It shall be...
§19-9-21. Animals Entering State Without Health Certificate - It shall be the duty of the owner or owners...
§19-9-22. Unlawful Possession of Animal Brought Into State - When notified by the commissioner, or any of his agents...
§19-9-23. Regulation of Imported Dairy or Breeding Animals - No domestic animal that has been, or is to be,...
§19-9-24. Importation of Dairy or Breeding Animal Unaccompanied by Health Certificate and Test Chart - Any bovine animal, not accompanied by the health certificate and...
§19-9-25. Commissioner May Decline to Accept Health Certificate or Test Chart - If the commissioner shall suspect the genuineness of any health...
§19-9-26. Animals Brought Into State for Slaughter or for Exhibition Purposes - Sections twenty to twenty-five, both inclusive, of this article, shall...
§19-9-27. Unlawful Sale of Animals for Breeding or Dairy Purposes - It shall be unlawful for any person to sell for...
§19-9-28. Indemnity for Euthanizing Infected or Exposed Animals; Agreement - §19-9-28. Indemnity for euthanizing infected or exposed animals; agreement. Whenever,...
§19-9-29. When Right of Indemnity Does Not Exist - The right of indemnity shall not exist nor shall payment...
§19-9-30. Appraisal of Infected or Exposed Animals; Amount; Arbitration; Fees of Arbitrators - The commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall act as appraiser...
§19-9-31. Certificate of Appraisal - When the animal is to be euthanized, the commissioner or...
§19-9-32. Euthanasia of Diseased Animals; Supervision; Certificate of Euthanasia - After the agreement described in section twenty-eight of this article...
§19-9-33. Payment of Indemnity - All claims for indemnity for animals euthanized as having tuberculosis...
§19-9-34. Disposal of Carcass of Diseased Animal - (a) Whenever it is necessary to destroy or dispose of...
§19-9-34a. Authority of Commissioner to Promulgate Rules Regulating Disposal of Dead Animals - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the...
§19-9-35. Tests for Bovine Tuberculosis; Disposition of Infected Bovine Animals - The commissioner or the commissioner's agent is authorized to test...
§19-9-36. Rules for Determining Amount of Indemnity - The owners of animals euthanized as having tuberculosis shall be...
§19-9-37. Payment of Indemnity for Animals Slaughtered as Tuberculous - After an animal shall have been slaughtered as tuberculous, the...
§19-9-38. Transportation of Diseased Animals - §19-9-38. Transportation of diseased animals. It shall be unlawful for...
§19-9-39. Selling or Giving Away Diseased Animal; Permitting It to Stray - Without express permission in writing from the commissioner, or his...
§19-9-40. Penalties - §19-9-40. Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the...