§ 4-4-3 - Reporting of diseased animals – Destruction.
SECTION 4-4-3
§ 4-4-3 Reporting of diseased animals– Destruction. – Any owner of an animal suspected of having an animal disease determined by thedirector of environmental management to be contagious or injurious to publichealth or to the health of other animals, or any veterinarian who treats thatanimal, or any other person or institution having knowledge of a diseasedanimal, shall make a report of that information to the state department ofenvironmental management in any manner and form as the department prescribes byregulation. The director of environmental management shall promulgate by rule alist of those animals determined to be contagious or injurious. The director ofenvironmental management, if he or she determines an animal to have acontagious or communicable disease, shall cause that animal to be killed andthe carcass to be disposed of in any manner as not to be detrimental to thepublic health.