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HOUSE BILL NO. 374
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C 163 L 87
State of Washington 50th Legislature 1987 Regular Session
By Representatives Rasmussen, Rayburn, McLean, Todd, Madsen, Holm, Grant, Vekich, Bristow, Pruitt, Moyer, Walker, Baugher, Nealey, Spanel, P. King, Jesernig and Doty
Read first time 1/28/87 and referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development.
AN ACT Relating to the disease control authority of the department of agriculture; and amending RCW 16.36.005 and 16.36.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 1, chapter 17, Laws of 1953 and RCW 16.36.005 are each amended to read as follows:
As used in
((RCW 16.36.020 and RCW 16.36.103 through 16.36.110)) this chapter:
"Director" means the director of agriculture of the state of Washington or his authorized representative.
"Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington.
"Garbage" means the solid animal and vegetable waste and offal together with the natural moisture content resulting from the handling, preparation, or consumption of foods in houses, restaurants, hotels, kitchens, markets, meat shops, packing houses and similar establishments or any other food waste containing meat or meat products.
"Veterinary biologic" means any virus, serum, toxin, and analogous product of natural or synthetic origin, or product prepared from any type of genetic engineering, such as diagnostics, antitoxins, vaccines, live microorganisms, killed microorganisms, and the antigenic or immunizing components intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases in animals.
Sec. 2. Section 1, chapter 165, Laws of 1927 as last amended by section 8, chapter 154, Laws of 1979 and RCW 16.36.020 are each amended to read as follows:
The
director ((of agriculture)) shall have general supervision of the
prevention of the spread and the suppression of infectious, contagious,
communicable and dangerous diseases affecting animals within, in transit
through((,)) and((, by means of the division of animal industry,))
being imported into the state. The director may establish and enforce
quarantine of and against any and all domestic animals ((which have been fed
garbage or)) which are affected with any such disease or that may have been
exposed to others thus affected, whether within or without the state, for such
length of time as he deems necessary to determine whether any such animal is
infected with any such disease. The director shall also enforce and administer
the provisions of ((RCW 16.36.005, 16.36.020, 16.36.103, 16.36.105,
16.36.107, 16.36.108, 16.36.109 and 16.36.110,)) this chapter pertaining
to garbage feeding and when garbage has been fed to swine ((he)),
the director may require the disinfection of all facilities, including
yard, transportation and feeding facilities, used for keeping such swine.
The director shall also have the authority to regulate the sale, distribution, and use of veterinary biologics in the state and may adopt rules to restrict the sale, distribution, or use of any veterinary biologic in any manner the director determines to be necessary to protect the health and safety of the public and the state's animal population.