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ACT No. 200
Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 510
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHANEY AND SENATOR THOMPSON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 3:2092(B) and 2092.1 and to enact R.S. 3:2092(C) and 2094,2
relative to the Louisiana Board of Animal Health; to provide for the qualifications3
of the state veterinarian employed by the board; to provide for venue of suits filed4
against the board; to provide for the powers of the state veterinarian; and to provide5
for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 3:2092(B) and 2092.1 are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.8
3:2092(C) and 2094 are hereby enacted to read as follows:9
§2092. Officers and employees10
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B. The board, subject to the approval of the commissioner of agriculture,12
shall employ a director, an assistant director, and a state veterinarian, all of whom13
shall be in the unclassified service. The state veterinarian shall be the executive14
secretary of the board. The commissioner of agriculture shall employ such other15
personnel of the board as are necessary. All employees of the board shall be under16
the direction and supervision of the commissioner of agriculture.17
C. The state veterinarian shall be licensed to practice veterinary medicine in18
this state, shall be a graduate of a recognized school of veterinary medicine, and shall19
have at least five years experience as a veterinarian, at least three years of which20
shall be experienced in the regulatory control of livestock disease.21
§2092.1. Domicile; hearings; appeals22
A. The board shall be domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge, and no suit may23
be filed against the board at any place other than the parish of East Baton Rouge. In24 ENROLLEDHB NO. 510
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suits against the board, all service shall be made on the director or on any board1
employee located at the board's office commissioner of agriculture.2
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§2094. Powers of the state veterinarian4
The state veterinarian may:5
(1) Establish, maintain, and enforce quarantine lines and place movement6
restrictions on intrastate and interstate travel of livestock.7
(2) Place any livestock in quarantine until the necessary inspections or tests8
or epidemiological investigations have been completed.9
(3) Appoint inspectors to enter premises, to inspect and disinfect livestock10
premises, and enforce quarantines.11
(4) Make a determination based on epidemiological evaluation of current12
disease risks that additional requirements are needed to prevent the introduction or13
spread of disease.14
(5) Direct a person to comply with the entry or additional requirements in15
writing or orally and confirmed in writing.16
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: