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PART 1. DISEASED ANIMALS AND POULTRY [9101. - 9702.]

Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.

§§ 9101–9702 · 101 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 9101–9189 · 25 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Reports § 9101 · 1 section
      • § 9101 (a) The department shall periodically publish and make available a list of reportable conditions that pose or may pose significant threats to public health,…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Serum § 9121 · 1 section
      • § 9121 Any person that is engaged in stockraising may purchase for injection in his stock any serum used for the cure or prevention of animal diseases.
    3. ARTICLE 3. Disposal of Carcasses § 9143 · 1 section
      • § 9143 An animal which has died from any contagious disease shall not be used for the food of any human being, domestic animal, or fowl.
    4. ARTICLE 3.5. Laboratory Services §§ 9151–9157 · 8 sections
      • § 9151 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Emergency or regulatory condition” includes all diseases or conditions listed as emergency…
      • § 9152 The department shall do all of the following: (a) Require certification of laboratories providing services in the examination, diagnosis, analysis, testing,…
      • § 9152.5 A laboratory approved, certified, or accredited by the state or the federal government to provide services equivalent to those described in subdivision (a) of…
      • § 9153 (a) A person shall not establish, operate, or maintain a laboratory that provides services in the examination, diagnosis, analysis, testing, quantifying, or…
      • § 9154 (a) Before issuing a certificate pursuant to Section 9153, the department shall require an applicant for a certificate to pay an application fee. (b) (1)…
      • § 9155 (a) The department may refuse to approve or renew a certificate or may suspend or revoke a certificate if the applicant or certificate holder is not in…
      • § 9156 Test results certified by the department are prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the results for purposes of an action pursuant to subdivision (b) of…
      • § 9157 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 9166, any person who violates Section 9153 shall be liable for a civil penalty of no more than twenty-five thousand dollars…
    5. ARTICLE 4. Violations and Penalties §§ 9161–9169 · 8 sections
      • § 9161 It is unlawful for any person to bring, cause to be brought, or aid in bringing into the state any domestic animal which such person knows is infected with any…
      • § 9163 Any person that owns or has possession or control of any animal which is affected by any contagious or infectious disease, that fails to keep the animal within…
      • § 9164 In order to prevent the spread of any livestock disease, it is unlawful for any person, that does not have a written permit issued by the director, to remove,…
      • § 9165 Except for Sections 10492 and 10494, any person that violates any provision of this division is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished…
      • § 9166 (a) In addition to any other penalty or fine prescribed by law, any person who violates any provision of this division, or any regulation which is issued…
      • § 9167 The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may, upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a…
      • § 9168 The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a…
      • § 9169 It is unlawful for any person to defeat or interfere with or to attempt to defeat or interfere with any animal disease test authorized by any provision of this…
    6. ARTICLE 5. Investigations § 9175 · 1 section
      • § 9175 The secretary may make any necessary investigations relative to reported violations of this division pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of…
    7. ARTICLE 6. Collections §§ 9185–9189 · 5 sections
      • § 9185 Any fees that are provided for by any provision of this division and regulations promulgated pursuant to it shall be due and payable upon receipt of a…
      • § 9186 Any fees that are due and payable pursuant to Section 9185 which are not paid may be recovered by the secretary in accordance with the provisions of Section…
      • § 9187 A penalty assessment of 5 percent per month of the amount of any unpaid fees, not to exceed 25 percent, shall be collected by the secretary when fees are not…
      • § 9188 The secretary shall have a lien upon any livestock and real property owned by the person owing any fees due under any provision of this division that are not…
      • § 9189 All money which is collected pursuant to this division shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall be credited to the Department of Food and Agriculture…
  2. CHAPTER 1.5. Commercial Blood Banks for Animals and Biologics §§ 9201–9272 · 26 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions § 9201 · 1 section
      • § 9201 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Adverse event” means an event in which an animal…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Animal Blood and Blood Component Products Production and Biologics Production §§ 9210–9212.5 · 4 sections
      • § 9210 (a) A person shall not engage in the production of animal blood and blood component products for retail sale and distribution except in a captive closed-colony…
      • § 9211 No person shall engage in the production of biologics except as permitted under federal law.
      • § 9212 The secretary shall license establishments as captive closed-colony commercial blood banks for animals that meet all of the following: (a) Operate under…
      • § 9212.5 (a) (1) The department shall discontinue its licensing program for commercial blood banks for animals that produce canine blood and blood component products…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Licenses §§ 9221–9222 · 2 sections
      • § 9221 An application for a license for any establishment that produces, or proposes to produce, animal blood and blood component products from a closed-colony blood…
      • § 9222 (a) A commercial blood bank for animals shall not discriminate against veterinarians licensed in California in the sale of animal blood or blood component…
    4. ARTICLE 4. License Fees § 9231 · 1 section
      • § 9231 The license application fee and license renewal fee under this chapter for an establishment proposing to produce or producing animal blood and blood component…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Blood or Blood Component Product Registration §§ 9241–9245 · 4 sections
      • § 9241 No person shall offer for sale or use any of the following: (a) Any biologic unless it is manufactured pursuant to the terms of a valid license or permit…
      • § 9242 The secretary shall register blood or a blood component product that meets all of the following requirements: (a) It is produced under acceptable procedures.…
      • § 9244 (a) An application for registration of blood or a blood component product shall include all of the following: (1) The name and address of the person who owns…
      • § 9245 The secretary may impose such conditions on the production or use of blood or blood component products as he or she deems necessary to accomplish the purposes…
    6. ARTICLE 6. Rules and Regulations §§ 9251–9255 · 5 sections
      • § 9251 The secretary may adopt reasonably necessary rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
      • § 9252 (a) The secretary shall track, administer, and enforce the safe importation and sale of animal blood and blood component products from out-of-state blood banks…
      • § 9253 (a) A closed-colony blood bank licensed under this chapter shall maintain an onsite record of the number of donations collected from captive animals, the…
      • § 9254 The department shall annually submit a copy of the canine blood collection information that it publicly posts on its internet website pursuant to subparagraph…
      • § 9255 (a) The department, in collaboration with the Veterinary Medical Board, technical experts in animal blood banking, and any other relevant stakeholders, shall…
    7. ARTICLE 7. Enforcement §§ 9261–9269 · 8 sections
      • § 9261 License for any commercial blood bank for animals or registration of any blood or blood component product may be denied, suspended, or revoked by the secretary…
      • § 9262 The biologics prepared prior to July 1, 1975, in laboratories licensed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1600) of Division 2 of the Health and…
      • § 9263 If the secretary finds that blood or blood component products do not conform to the requirements of Section 9242 or the use or continued use of such products…
      • § 9264 (a) If the secretary finds blood or blood component products that do not meet the requirements of Section 9242, the secretary may order those blood or blood…
      • § 9266 The department, or humane officers under contract with the department, shall inspect commercial blood banks for animals licensed by the department at least…
      • § 9267 Notwithstanding Section 4827 of the Business and Professions Code, for commercial blood banks for animals licensed by the department, anesthesia shall be…
      • § 9268 The requirements set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 9212, subdivision (e) of Section 9221, subdivision (c) of Section 9231, and Sections 9266 and 9267:…
      • § 9269 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code)…
    8. ARTICLE 8. Exemptions § 9272 · 1 section
      • § 9272 This chapter shall not apply to any of the following: (a) Licensed facilities primarily engaged in the collection, preparation, testing, processing, storage,…
  3. CHAPTER 2. Scabies and Ticks §§ 9301–9352 · 12 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Treatment §§ 9301–9307 · 7 sections
      • § 9301 When moved for the purpose of immediate slaughter, cattle which are infected with, or exposed to, the Boophilus annulatus tick shall be dipped or treated in…
      • § 9302 If upon examination of any cattle or sheep, the director finds any cattle which are infected with the Boophilus annulatus tick, or sheep or cattle which are…
      • § 9303 If, at the expiration of 10 days from the date on which notice was given, the owner or person in control of the cattle or sheep has failed to dip the cattle or…
      • § 9304 If upon examination at the end of the 10 days the director finds that the cattle have been dipped or otherwise treated for the extermination of ticks but are…
      • § 9305 If upon examination at any time the department finds that the cattle are again infected with the ticks or that the owner or person in control of the cattle has…
      • § 9306 If the director has reason to believe that the disease known as scabies exists in a flock of sheep or in a herd of cattle, he shall notify the owner or person…
      • § 9307 If the owner or person that is in control of the sheep or cattle does not gather all of the sheep or cattle in a corral for the examination, the director shall…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Civil Liability §§ 9331–9333 · 3 sections
      • § 9331 All expenses and costs of dipping or treating cattle or sheep and all expenses and costs of gathering sheep or cattle which are incurred by the department…
      • § 9332 If the lien is not paid within 15 days after the expenses and costs were incurred, the department shall, in the name of the people of the State of California,…
      • § 9333 In any civil proceeding which arises under this chapter, all persons that have an interest in, or control or possession of, the cattle or sheep concerning…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Violations §§ 9351–9352 · 2 sections
      • § 9351 It is unlawful for any person to willfully sell, except for immediate slaughter, or expose in such a manner as may infect other livestock not so infected, any…
      • § 9352 It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell any sheep or cattle which are infected with scabies, or to expose them in such a manner as may infect other…
  4. CHAPTER 3. Animal Quarantine §§ 9501–9702 · 38 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 9501–9503 · 3 sections
      • § 9501 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
      • § 9502 “Animal,” “livestock,” or “domestic animal,” includes poultry.
      • § 9503 “Poultry” includes all domesticated fowl and any wild fowl or bird which is reduced to captivity.
    2. ARTICLE 2. Inspections §§ 9531–9532 · 2 sections
      • § 9531 If the director receives information of the existence of any contagious, infectious, or transmissible disease which affects domestic animals within this state,…
      • § 9532 This chapter does not deprive the regular inspectors who are employed by any chartered or incorporated city, or city and county, after they have passed a civil…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Establishment of Quarantine §§ 9561–9574 · 8 sections
      • § 9561 The State Veterinarian may establish such quarantine, sanitary, and police regulations as may be necessary to prevent, circumscribe, or exterminate, any…
      • § 9562 (a) Subject to the rights and procedures established pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code,…
      • § 9563 It is unlawful for any person to move or allow to be moved any of the animals, food product from animals, vehicles, farm equipment, farm products, or other…
      • § 9564 If it is necessary to restrict the movements of animals pursuant to Section 9562, the State Veterinarian may fix and proclaim the boundaries of a quarantine…
      • § 9569 In addition to actions that may be directed by the State Veterinarian pursuant to Section 9562, the State Veterinarian may: (a) Regulate, restrict, or restrain…
      • § 9570 If the State Veterinarian invokes Section 9562, and the importation of animals, animal products, or other property from any state, territory, or foreign…
      • § 9573 A quarantine shall not be established by one county or city against another county or city on account of the existence of any disease or condition subject to…
      • § 9574 (a) Any person who negligently or intentionally violates any state or federal law or regulation, including any quarantine regulation, by moving any animal or…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Compensable Destruction of Diseased Animals §§ 9591–9595 · 5 sections
      • § 9591 Except as otherwise provided in Section 9595, if any animal or property is destroyed pursuant to Section 9569, the owner of the animal or property shall be…
      • § 9592 The state may contribute toward the payment for the animal or property destroyed if either of the following occurs: (a) The United States agrees to share…
      • § 9593 (a) The value of the animal or property prior to its destruction for which contribution is made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 9592 shall be determined…
      • § 9594 The department may pay from any money which is available for the support of the department all sums that are due or to become due from the state to owners of…
      • § 9595 Indemnity payments provided by this division shall not be paid for any animal or property which is taken, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of pursuant to any…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Noncompensable Destruction of Diseased Animals § 9621 · 1 section
      • § 9621 Except as otherwise provided in Section 9571, every horse, mule, or other animal which is affected with dourine, as shown by a complement-fixation test, is a…
    6. ARTICLE 6. Importation §§ 9641.5–9641.7 · 3 sections
      • § 9641.5 (a) Any horse or other Equidae brought into this state shall be accompanied by the following: (1) A certificate of health from the state of origin issued by an…
      • § 9641.6 (a) The director may issue a permit, valid on January 1 and renewable on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, that exempts any working horse from the…
      • § 9641.7 Any positive test for equine infectious anemia performed in a California laboratory shall be reported by telephone within 24 hours to the department by the…
    7. ARTICLE 7. Interagency Cooperation §§ 9671–9674 · 4 sections
      • § 9671 The director shall meet periodically with the livestock sanitary officials or committees of other states, the duly authorized agricultural representatives of…
      • § 9672 A county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county to carry on investigation, inspection, control, and eradication of disease in…
      • § 9673 An agreement which is entered into pursuant to Section 9672 may do all of the following: (a) Provide that payments from the county treasuries may be made to…
      • § 9674 An agreement which is entered into pursuant to Section 9672 shall provide for the disposition, division, or distribution of any property which is acquired as…
    8. ARTICLE 8. Violations §§ 9691–9702 · 12 sections
      • § 9691 It is unlawful for any person to remove or cause to be removed any animal from any district, area, or premises which is quarantined pursuant to this chapter,…
      • § 9692 It is unlawful for any person to bring or cause to be brought any animal into a quarantined district, area, or premises, without written permission from the…
      • § 9693 It is unlawful for any person to move or cause to be moved any animal from place to place within any quarantined district, area, or premises, without written…
      • § 9694 It is unlawful for any person to resist the destruction of any animal or property ordered destroyed by the State Veterinarian pursuant to Section 9562.
      • § 9695 It is unlawful for any person to hide, secrete, or fail to disclose any animal or property that is suffering from, or that has been exposed or potentially…
      • § 9696 It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to dispose of any property destroyed pursuant to Section 9562 or 9569 in the manner prescribed by the State…
      • § 9697 It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to clean or disinfect any premises in the manner prescribed by the State Veterinarian, when directed to do so…
      • § 9698 It is unlawful for any person to violate any quarantine order which regulates, restricts, or restrains the movement of persons, vehicles, farm equipment, farm…
      • § 9699 It is unlawful for any person to violate the conditions of any permit which authorizes the permittee to travel upon any road or highway within a quarantined…
      • § 9700 It is unlawful for any person to violate any other provision of this chapter or any regulation or order which is made pursuant to it.
      • § 9701 Any violation of any provision of this chapter is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense and is a…
      • § 9702 It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to fail to stop the vehicle upon demand of a clearly identified animal health quarantine officer when the…