§ 106-639. Regulations for control and prevention of diseases and disorders.
§ 106‑639. Regulations for control and prevention of diseases and disorders.
The Board may adopt regulations and procedures for the disposition ofbees infected or infested with diseases or disorders, beekeeping equipment, andother regulated articles kept or moved in violation of this Article andpursuant regulations. Such regulations may authorize the Commissioner toquarantine, destroy, confiscate, or otherwise dispose of, eradicate, establishcleanup areas, and require owners to disinfect, fumigate, treat with drugs, ordestroy bees or articles at their own expense or to take measures to eradicatebee diseases or disorders.
The Board shall have authority to either allow, require, or forbid useof drugs in the control of bee diseases or disorders, and may define asinfested or infected symptomless carriers of a disease or disorder, declarebees that have been treated with disease‑masking drugs to be infested orinfected, and consider bees or articles which have been exposed to a disease ordisorder to be infected or infested.
The Board may also adopt regulations governing beeswax salvageoperations and honey house sanitation for disease prevention. (1977, c. 238, s. 6.)