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The plant management must employ or engage the services of a licensed veterinarian for the purpose of inspecting carcasses and supervising plant sanitation. The veterinarian selected may designate, with plant manager approval, an alternate veterinarian to perform this service in the veterinarian's absence. The veterinarian and any alternate must be named on the license application. The veterinarian and alternate veterinarian must be authorized by the board to act as official veterinarian. The official veterinarian shall report to the board any failure on the part of plant management to carry out sanitary procedures set forth in this chapter. All compensation for services rendered by either veterinarian must be paid by the processing plant management.
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General Authority: SDCL 40-17-9.1.
Law Implemented: SDCL 40-17-9.1.
Veterinarians, SDCL 36-12.