La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXI-2115

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXI-2115 - Emergency Standards (Formerly Section 3115)

A. Standards for management and destruction of animals during an emergency may be extended during a declared disaster or animal disease event. In such cases mass euthanasia may be necessary.

1. Mass euthanasia shall be used for unusual conditions which require depopulation, such as wide-spread disease eradication and exigent circumstance resulting from natural disasters; the state veterinarian may authorize alternate methods if necessary.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXI-2115

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Animal Health and Food Safety, Board of Animal Health, LR 39:3245 (December 2013), repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Animal Health and Food Safety and the Board of Animal Health, LR 40:990 (May 2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2095.1.