Cattle or bison that are infected or suspected of being infected with an infectious or communicable disease after an official test will be quarantined as provided under RCW
16.36.010. If owners refuse to allow the department to test for diseases provided for in this chapter, all cattle or bison will be regarded as a menace to the health of livestock, and the premises on which they are kept will be immediately quarantined and no animals or products of these animals may be removed from the premises.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters
16.36 and
34.05 RCW. WSR 08-01-094, amended and recodified as § 16-86-013, filed 12/17/07, effective 1/17/08. Statutory Authority: RCW
16.36.040. WSR 99-09-025, § 16-86-020, filed 4/15/99, effective 5/16/99; Order 1539, § 16-86-020, filed 10/17/77; Order 1171, § 16-86-020, filed 12/15/70; Order 855, Regulation 2, effective 7/19/61.]