§ 35-50-108 — Mandatory reporting

(1) Any person who knows or has reason
to believe that any livestock that belongs to or is in the possession of such person,
or any livestock upon such person's premises, has a reportable disease shall
immediately report such disease to the state veterinarian.

(2) Whenever any veterinarian licensed in this state suspects a reportable
disease in livestock of the state, such veterinarian shall immediately report such
findings to the state veterinarian.

(3) Every licensed, accredited veterinarian making tests upon livestock for
tuberculosis in this state, immediately after the tests are concluded, shall report
the result of the tests of all such livestock tested to the state veterinarian.

(4) Diagnostic laboratories located within the state shall report all positive
results of testing for reportable diseases.

(5) Every veterinarian licensed in this state shall report all positive results of
any testing for reportable diseases.

(6) Any veterinarian who or diagnostic laboratory that reports, in good faith
and in the normal course of business, disease test results pursuant to this section
shall be immune from liability in any civil or criminal action brought against such
veterinarian or diagnostic laboratory for reporting.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2005: Entire article R&RE, p. 451, � 1, effective December 1.