Sheep or goats that are infected or suspected of being infected with an infectious or communicable disease after a positive official test, or other probable cause as determined by the director, 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 sheep and goats on the premises 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: RCW
16.36.040 and chapter
34.05 RCW. WSR 08-13-100, amended and recodified as § 16-89-012, filed 6/18/08, effective 7/19/08. Statutory Authority: RCW
16.36.040. WSR 02-24-042, § 16-89-030, filed 12/3/02, effective 1/3/03; WSR 99-09-026, § 16-89-030, filed 4/15/99, effective 5/16/99.]