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Health and Safety Code § 121745

CHAPTER 2. Avian Zoonosis Control

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 121745Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 194, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.

(a) Whenever the director finds that psittacosis, or any other diseases transmissible to man from pet birds, have become a public health hazard to the extent that control measures are necessary or desirable, the department shall adopt additional regulations as it deems necessary for the public health; and these regulations shall apply to all pet birds whether or not of a species otherwise regulated under this chapter. These regulations shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(b) This section shall not be operative during the 1993–94 fiscal year.