DIVISION 5. ANIMAL AND POULTRY QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL [9101. - 11305.]

Division 5 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.

§§ 9101–11305 · 259 sections

PART 1. DISEASED ANIMALS AND POULTRY §§ 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…
PART 2. DISEASED BOVINES §§ 9801–10610 · 107 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Exceptions § 9801 · 1 section
  - § 9801 This part does not apply to animals which are used in research projects of the University of California.
2. CHAPTER 2. Bovine Tuberculosis §§ 9901–10152 · 52 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 9901–9914 · 11 sections
    § 9901 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
    § 9902 “Accredited herd” means a herd of cattle for which the owner holds a valid certificate of accreditation issued to him by the United States Department of…
    § 9903 “Approved veterinarian” means a veterinarian who has been granted permission by the department to buy, possess, or use tuberculin.
    § 9904 “Bovine animals” means cattle.
    § 9907 “State TB status” means an area so declared by the United States Department of Agriculture.
    § 9908 “Premises” means any place where cattle have been or are kept.
    § 9909 “Purebred animal” means an animal which is identified in the herd book of a breed record association that is recognized by the United States Department of…
    § 9910 “Reactor” or “reacting bovine animal” means any bovine animal that reacts positively to a tuberculosis test or that is determined to be tuberculosis upon…
    § 9912 “Tuberculosis test” means the use of an official test for diagnosing tuberculosis in cattle.
    § 9913 “Tuberculosis control area” means an area which is established and delimited as such by proclamation of the department.
    § 9914 “Tuberculosis-exposed cattle” means cattle that have been in contact with, or exposed to, any reactor or tuberculosis infected premises, or any tuberculosis…
  2. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 9931–9933 · 3 sections
    § 9931 To carry out the provisions of this chapter, the inspectors or agents of the department or the United States Department of Agriculture, may at any time or…
    § 9932 The State Veterinarian may make regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter to prevent bovine tuberculosis from…
    § 9933 The department may enter into any cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to undertake tuberculosis control pursuant to this…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Sale and Use of Tuberculosis Tests §§ 9941–9944 · 4 sections
    § 9941 (a) The State Veterinarian may designate approved veterinarians to buy, possess, or use tuberculosis tests and may suspend or revoke that designation. (b) The…
    § 9942 Any sale or disposition of tuberculosis tests within the state shall be reported to the department within five days after the sale or disposition.
    § 9943 (a) It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days, without alternative of a fine in any case, for any person who…
    § 9944 It is unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any tuberculosis test in the state that has not been produced under license of the Agricultural…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Tuberculosis Tests §§ 9971–9982 · 12 sections
    § 9971 Any approved veterinarian or duly authorized representative of the department or of the United States Department of Agriculture may ear tag or otherwise…
    § 9972 The result of every tuberculosis test shall be reported to the State Veterinarian by the veterinarian who conducted the test within 48 hours after the…
    § 9973 Every reactor, immediately upon the determination of such reaction, shall be identified, pursuant to regulations of the department and the United States…
    § 9974 If the State Veterinarian has reason to suspect an irregularity in the application of a tuberculosis test or the identification of reactors, the State…
    § 9975 It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Obstruct, attack, or interfere with, or permit to be obstructed, attacked, or interfered with,…
    § 9976 It is a misdemeanor which is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days, without the alternative of a fine in any case, for any…
    § 9977 It is a misdemeanor which is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days, without the alternative of a fine in any case, for any…
    § 9978 Permission in writing may be obtained from the department or the approved veterinarian who is conducting the tuberculosis tests to allow any necessary movement…
    § 9979 It is unlawful for any person to apply a tuberculosis test to any bovine animal that has at any time been found by an approved veterinarian to be a reactor.
    § 9980 It is unlawful for any person to knowingly apply tuberculosis tests that are not approved tests.
    § 9981 It is unlawful for any person to have any tuberculosis infected or exposed bovine animal at any livestock fair or show.
    § 9982 It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, after notification of its condition from the department, any bovine animal that has tuberculosis as shown by a…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Tuberculosis Control Areas §§ 10001–10007 · 5 sections
    § 10001 The department may establish and maintain tuberculosis control areas within this state.
    § 10003 When the department establishes a tuberculosis control area, the affected industry shall be notified.
    § 10004 The State Veterinarian may authorize the testing of any cattle in a tuberculosis control area to determine which animals are affected with tuberculosis.
    § 10006 All owners of cattle within a tuberculosis control area that are subject to examination and tuberculosis testing shall, upon request of the department, provide…
    § 10007 Cattle moving into a tuberculosis control area must meet the requirements specified by the State Veterinarian.
  6. ARTICLE 7. Slaughter of Reacting Bovine Animals §§ 10061–10071 · 11 sections
    § 10061 The State Veterinarian may impose a quarantine pursuant to Section 9562 when any bovine animal reacts positively to a tuberculosis test conducted by an…
    § 10062 The value of the reacting bovine animal for which indemnity is paid shall be determined in accordance with the provisions in Sections 9592 and 9593.
    § 10063 Within 30 days after the appraisal of the reacting bovine animal, it shall be slaughtered under the supervision of the State Veterinarian.
    § 10064 Animals shall be tested or slaughtered pursuant to this article even if indemnity funds are unavailable.
    § 10065 The slaughtering of any reacting bovine animal, pursuant to this article, shall be under the supervision of the department, or of the United States Department…
    § 10066 The carcasses of the slaughtered animals shall be disposed of pursuant to the regulations of the department or the rules and regulations of the United States…
    § 10067 If an animal is slaughtered pursuant to this article, and indemnity funds are available, the owner may receive part or all of the following: (a) The proceeds…
    § 10068 Indemnity provided by this article shall not be paid to any person in any of the following cases: (a) For any bovine animal that is brought into a tuberculosis…
    § 10069 A subsequent payment of indemnity shall not be made to any person in any of the following cases: (a) Unless the provisions of this chapter have been fully…
    § 10070 The pedigree of any purebred bovine animal shall be proved by a certificate of registry from the herd books where the animal is registered. The registration…
    § 10071 Each claim against the state for payment for the slaughter of any reacting bovine shall be presented to the State Controller and paid out of appropriations or…
  7. ARTICLE 9. Tuberculosis-Exposed Cattle §§ 10100–10103 · 4 sections
    § 10100 The State Veterinarian may impose a quarantine pursuant to Section 9562 when it has been determined that any bovine animal has been exposed to tuberculosis.
    § 10101 The State Veterinarian may impose tuberculosis testing requirements for tuberculosis-exposed cattle.
    § 10102 Indemnity for reacting tuberculosis-exposed cattle may be available and shall be in accordance with the provision stated in Article 7 (commencing with Section…
    § 10103 The State Veterinarian may issue a special permit for the movement of tuberculosis-exposed cattle to any of the following: (a) An establishment that is…
  8. ARTICLE 11. Confinement of Cattle Subject to Examination §§ 10151–10152 · 2 sections
    § 10151 If the owner or any person that is in charge of cattle, after 10 days’ written notice, refuses properly to confine in corrals or stanchions any cattle that are…
    § 10152 Any expense which is incurred by the department pursuant to Section 10151 is a lien upon the cattle. Unless the amount of the lien is paid within 10 days after…
3. CHAPTER 3. Bovine Brucellosis §§ 10301–10496 · 53 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 10301–10311 · 11 sections
    § 10301 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this division.
    § 10302 “Accredited veterinarian” means a veterinarian who is so designated by the United States Department of Agriculture and the department.
    § 10303 “Bovine animals” means neat cattle.
    § 10304 “Brucellosis” means the disease of cattle which is caused by Brucella microorganisms.
    § 10305 “Brucellosis control area,” means any area that has been so established by the department in order to qualify and maintain such area in accordance with…
    § 10306 “Cattle” means neat cattle.
    § 10307 “Official veterinarian” means a veterinarian who is in the employ of the United States Department of Agriculture or the department.
    § 10308 “Premises” means any place where cattle have been or are kept.
    § 10309 “Reactor” or “reacting bovine animal” means any bovine animal that reacts positively to a test for brucellosis which is approved by the director.
    § 10310 “Vaccinate” or “vaccination” means the use of vaccine in cattle.
    § 10311 “Vaccine” means any vaccine which is produced by a laboratory which is licensed by the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of…
  2. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 10321–10327 · 7 sections
    § 10321 The department may enter into any cooperative arrangement with the United States Department of Agriculture to undertake brucellosis control pursuant to this…
    § 10322 To carry out the provisions of this chapter, any duly authorized representative of the department or of the United States Department of Agriculture, may enter…
    § 10323 The department may use the services of official veterinarians or contract with accredited veterinarians to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
    § 10324 The director may make such regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry this chapter into effect. He may require such reports and records as are necessary.
    § 10325 Every accredited veterinarian who is conducting work pursuant to this chapter shall submit reports to the department on forms that are furnished for that…
    § 10326 In addition to any other authority in this part that is available to the director for the purpose of preventing the spread of any disease of livestock, the…
    § 10327 To accomplish the purpose of this chapter and to prevent outbreaks of brucellosis, the director shall by regulation establish conditions for the movement of…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Vaccines §§ 10341–10342 · 2 sections
    § 10341 Any vaccine which is used pursuant to this chapter shall be procured by the department from a laboratory which is licensed by the Agricultural Research Service…
    § 10342 It is unlawful for any person, except a federal, state, county, or municipal officer or employee, in his official capacity, or an accredited veterinarian, to…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Vaccinations §§ 10351–10359 · 9 sections
    § 10351 All female dairy calves shall be vaccinated by an official veterinarian or an accredited veterinarian, who is authorized by the department, at such ages as are…
    § 10352 Each calf which is vaccinated pursuant to this chapter shall have an official tattoo placed in the right ear by the veterinarian who performs the service that…
    § 10353 The owner of any calf which is to be vaccinated pursuant to this chapter shall, upon request of the department, provide the necessary facilities and assistance…
    § 10354 If the owner or any person that is in charge of any dairy calf, after 10 days’ written notice by the department, refuses properly to confine in a corral or…
    § 10355 Any expense which is incurred by the department pursuant to Section 10354 is a lien upon the calf which is vaccinated and identified. Unless the amount of the…
    § 10356 The vaccination of any bovine animal pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be by either an official veterinarian or an accredited veterinarian, who…
    § 10357 It is unlawful for any person to refuse to submit a dairy calf which is required to be vaccinated and identified pursuant to this chapter to such vaccination.
    § 10358 It is unlawful for any person to remove any official mark which is required by this chapter, or to imitate or simulate such official mark.
    § 10359 It is unlawful for any person, except a federal, state, county, or municipal officer or employee, in his official capacity, or an accredited veterinarian, to…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Brucellosis Control Areas §§ 10381–10387 · 7 sections
    § 10381 The department may, after hearing, establish and maintain brucellosis control areas within this state.
    § 10382 The department shall examine and test such cattle for brucellosis in any brucellosis control area as the director may specify, as often as may be deemed…
    § 10383 All owners of cattle which are subject to examination and testing for brucellosis within a brucellosis control area shall, upon request of the department,…
    § 10384 If any owner or person that is in charge of cattle, after 10 days’ written notice by the department, refuses properly to confine in corrals, stanchions, or…
    § 10385 Any expense which is incurred by the department pursuant to Section 10384 is a lien upon the cattle which are tested and identified. Unless the amount of the…
    § 10386 The director shall, by regulation, designate the conditions under which cattle may be moved into a brucellosis control area.
    § 10387 It is unlawful for any person to refuse to submit any cattle which are required to be tested pursuant to this chapter, for the collection of milk or blood…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Slaughter of Reacting Bovine Animals §§ 10401–10407 · 8 sections
    § 10401 Any bovine animal in a brucellosis control area that reacts positively to a test for brucellosis shall immediately be identified pursuant to the regulations of…
    § 10402 The value of an animal which is slaughtered shall be determined by appraisement by a representative of the department or a representative of the Agricultural…
    § 10403 Within 30 days after the appraisal of the animal, it shall be slaughtered under the supervision of the director.
    § 10404 Where it is necessary to prevent the spread within this state of bovine brucellosis, the director may provide for the slaughter of animals.
    § 10405 If an animal is slaughtered pursuant to this article, and indemnity funds are available, the owner of the animal may receive part or all of the following: (a)…
    § 10406 Indemnity shall not be paid to any person in any of the following cases: (a) For any steer or grade bull that is determined to be a reactor. (b) For any bovine…
    § 10406.5 (a) The owner of a herd that is subject to subdivision (h) or (i) of Section 10406 may appeal to the director in writing, on a form as prescribed by the…
    § 10407 A subsequent payment of indemnity shall not be made to any person in any of the following cases: (a) Unless the provisions of this chapter have been fully…
  7. ARTICLE 7. Slaughter of Exposed Nonreacting Animals §§ 10421–10423 · 4 sections
    § 10421 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the secretary may proceed with the identification of nonreacting animals in a herd in the same manner as…
    § 10422 The value of a nonreacting animal that is slaughtered shall be determined by appraisement by a representative of the department or a representative of the…
    § 10422.5 If a nonreacting animal is slaughtered pursuant to this article, and indemnity funds are available, the owner of the animal may receive part or all of the…
    § 10423 Indemnity provided by this article shall not be paid in any of the following cases: (a) For any bovine animal which reacts to the brucellosis test or shows…
  8. ARTICLE 8. Brucellosis Eradication Compensation Costs §§ 10492–10496 · 5 sections
    § 10492 If an owner of cattle refuses to slaughter exposed, nonreacting bovine animals pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 (commencing with Section 10421) when…
    § 10493 The following procedures shall be followed when brucellosis has been identified in a herd of cattle: (a) An official veterinarian shall conduct an…
    § 10494 If an owner of brucellosis infected or exposed cattle refuses to participate in the development and signing of the memorandum of understanding required by…
    § 10495 If an owner of a brucellosis infected herd violates any law or regulation pertaining to brucellosis eradication, the cattle owner shall immediately become…
    § 10496 (a) An owner who fails to achieve eradication of brucellosis in his or her herd is responsible for the costs of maintaining the required testing schedule after…
4. CHAPTER 4. Cattle Disease Control § 10610 · 1 section
  - § 10610 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture may adopt regulations to control or eradicate cattle diseases, including bovine trichomoniasis, in…
PART 3. DISEASED SWINE §§ 10701–10990 · 36 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Importation and Sale §§ 10701–10791 · 20 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 10701–10704 · 4 sections
    § 10701 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
    § 10702 “Health certificate” means a health certificate from either a veterinary inspector of the United States Department of Agriculture, the state veterinarian or…
    § 10703 “Sales yard” includes any livestock yard, pen, corral, building, premises, or conveyance in which swine are assembled for sale, resale, exchange, or transfer…
    § 10704 “Premises” is the farm of origin where swine were born and raised or where they have resided for a minimum of 90 continuous days immediately preceding shipment.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Importation §§ 10721–10726 · 6 sections
    § 10721 (a) It is unlawful for any person to import any swine into this state except for immediate slaughter, unless the person procures a health certificate and…
    § 10722 The health certificate shall certify that the swine to which it refers satisfy all of the following requirements: (a) Have not been exposesd to any…
    § 10723 The health certificate shall also show all of the following: (a) The date of immunization if immunization is required. (b) The predominating breed of the…
    § 10724 The original of the health certificate shall be attached to the way bill or shall be in the possession of the truck driver. A duplicate copy shall be sent to…
    § 10725 Swine that are imported into this state for purposes other than for immediate slaughter shall be transported in crates, cars, trucks, or other vehicles that…
    § 10726 Swine that are imported into this state for immediate slaughter shall have as their destination a recognized slaughtering establishment. They shall not be…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Sales Yards §§ 10751–10753 · 3 sections
    § 10751 Any person that operates a sales yard shall keep records of all swine which pass through the sales yard, including the name and address of every person who…
    § 10752 The sales yard records shall show definite information relative to description of animals, such as breed, weight, color, and marks. The records shall be kept…
    § 10753 It is unlawful for any person to knowingly bring into, or cause to be brought into, any sales yard any swine that have been, within 21 days, treated with hog…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Swine Disease Control §§ 10781–10786 · 6 sections
    § 10781 The director may adopt regulations to control or eradicate hog cholera, swine brucellosis, pseudorabies, and other swine diseases in any of the following ways:…
    § 10782 The department, after notice and hearing, may revoke a license granted by the department to a person conducting business as a packer, stockyard, dealer, agent,…
    § 10783 A previous violation of any provision of this chapter, or a regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, is sufficient cause for the revocation of a license…
    § 10784 Any proceeding for the denial or revocation of a license pursuant to Section 10782 shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section…
    § 10785 If the secretary finds and determines that similar regulations are necessary to control the diseases described in Section 10781 while hogs or swine are in…
    § 10786 (a) (1) Whenever a person violates any regulation that is adopted pursuant to this article, the department may impose an administrative penalty not to exceed…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Marking and Validations § 10791 · 1 section
    § 10791 (a) The department shall adopt regulations to require a person who possesses a domestic swine that has two or more phenotypical characteristics specified in…
2. CHAPTER 2. Garbage Control §§ 10901–10990 · 16 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions § 10901 · 1 section
    § 10901 As used in this chapter, “garbage” means any waste which consists in whole or in part of any animal waste that results from the handling, preparing, cooking,…
  2. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 10921–10923 · 3 sections
    § 10921 The director may make and enforce such regulations as are reasonable and necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
    § 10922 The director may enter any premises where garbage is fed to swine and may examine and test any equipment or facilities for processing and handling garbage. He…
    § 10923 Every person that is subject to this chapter shall keep and maintain such records or memoranda and furnish such reports as the director by regulations may…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Processing §§ 10951–10952 · 2 sections
    § 10951 In order to prevent the spread of vesicular exanthema and other contagious and infectious diseases of swine, it is unlawful for any person to feed swine any…
    § 10952 All garbage, regardless of previous processing, before being fed to swine, shall be thoroughly heated throughout to boiling or equivalent temperature (usually…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Licensing §§ 10981–10990 · 10 sections
    § 10981 It is unlawful for any person to feed garbage to swine unless he has a valid annual license issued by the director for each separate premises where garbage is…
    § 10982 An application for a license to feed garbage to swine shall be in the form which is prescribed by the director, and shall state all of the following: (a) The…
    § 10983 Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty dollars ($20).
    § 10984 An application for renewal of a license, accompanied by the proper fee, shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year for which the current…
    § 10985 To any fee which is not paid when due, there shall be added a penalty of twenty dollars ($20).
    § 10986 Each license issued pursuant to this chapter entitles the licensee to feed garbage to swine on the premises that are described in the license, during the…
    § 10987 The director may refuse to issue a license or renewal of license, and may revoke or suspend any license, as the case may require, if he finds after hearing,…
    § 10988 The proceedings for all hearings pursuant to this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500), Part 1, Division 3,…
    § 10989 Any institution or agency of the state, a county, or any municipal or other public corporation which is feeding garbage to swine is not required to procure a…
    § 10990 This chapter does not prohibit any city or county from licensing persons that feed garbage to swine.
PART 4. ANIMALS DETRIMENTAL TO AGRICULTURE §§ 11201–11305 · 15 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Importation and Transportation § 11201 · 1 section
  - § 11201 Sections 5025, 6304, and 6305 of this code are applicable to the importation into, or the shipment or transportation within, this state of animals which are…
2. CHAPTER 2. Predators §§ 11221–11305 · 14 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Hunters and Trappers §§ 11221–11223 · 3 sections
    § 11221 The director may employ hunters and trappers throughout the state to control or eradicate coyotes and other harmful predatory animals and to shoot or trap…
    § 11222 For the purposes of this article, the director may enter into contracts with the Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife of the United States Department of the…
    § 11223 No iron or steel-jawed trap shall be used by any hunter or trapper who is engaged in controlling or eradicating any bears pursuant to this article.
  2. ARTICLE 3. Donations §§ 11261–11262 · 2 sections
    § 11261 The director may accept, on behalf of the state, donations of money from any person, board of supervisors, or other agency interested in the control of coyotes…
    § 11262 Money which is made available by any board of supervisors that is accepted pursuant to this article shall be expended solely within the boundaries of the…
  3. ARTICLE 4. Management of Coyotes on Public Lands §§ 11281–11284 · 4 sections
    § 11281 If any coyotes are found to exist on land which is owned by the state, other than lands subject to the control of the Department of Parks and Recreation and…
    § 11282 Prior to implementation of any control program pursuant to this article, the director shall consult with and obtain the consent of the director of the…
    § 11283 The director shall submit an annual memorandum of understanding to the Director of Fish and Game for review and approval prior to implementing any coyote…
    § 11284 Nothing in this article authorizes the use of Compound 1080 for predator control on public lands.
  4. ARTICLE 5. Management of Coyotes on State Park Lands and in Ecological Reserves §§ 11301–11305 · 5 sections
    § 11301 As used in this article, “state park lands” means any lands subject to the control of the Department of Parks and Recreation.
    § 11302 The director, upon receiving information causing him or her to believe that coyotes are finding refuge on state park lands or on ecological reserves and are…
    § 11303 Upon a determination pursuant to Section 11302 that coyotes are finding refuge on state park lands or on an ecological reserve and are causing damage to nearby…
    § 11304 The Department of Parks and Recreation or the Department of Fish and Game may submit claims to the department for reimbursement of direct costs incurred…
    § 11305 Nothing in this article authorizes the use of Compound 1080 for predator control on state park lands and in ecological reserves.