§ 106-540. Rules and regulations.
§ 106‑540. Rulesand regulations.
The North Carolina Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to adoptsuch regulations as may be necessary to:
(1) Carry out the provisions of the national poultry improvementplan.
(2) Set up minimum standards for the operation of hatcheries.
(3) Regulate hatching egg dealers, chick dealers, poult dealers,poultry dealers, ratite dealers, and jobbers.
(4) Regulate the shipping into this State of baby chicks, turkeypoults and hatching eggs.
(5) Facilitate the control and eradication of contagious andinfectious diseases of poultry.
(6) Establish fee schedules for pullorum and other diseasetesting, and the performance of services such as culling and selecting byDepartment personnel.
(7) Provide for compulsory testing of poultry for pullorumdisease and fowl typhoid. (1945, c. 616, s. 2; 1969, c. 464; 1983, c. 290, ss. 2, 3; 1998‑212,s. 13.10(a).)