§ 4.1-25-12 — Entry, inspection, and investigation

Authorized representatives of the department may enter, at reasonable hours, places of
business where a licensee or license applicant maintains books, papers, accounts, records, or
other documents related to the production, storage, processing, manufacturing, or sale of dairy
products. The commissioner may subpoena, and the commissioner's authorized representative
may inspect, audit, and make copies of relevant books, papers, records, accounts, or other
documents of persons doing business with licensees. Any information gained by the department
or by the commissioner under this section is confidential and may be used only for the
administration of this chapter. The department or the commissioner may divulge the information
when testifying in any departmental administrative hearing, in a duly noticed proceeding before
the milk marketing board, or in any court proceeding in which the department or the
commissioner is a party. This chapter does not prevent the department or the commissioner
from using the information to compile or disseminate general statistical data so long as the data
does not reveal individual information for any licensee or license applicant.
The commissioner may subpoena and take the testimony under oath of persons believed by
the commissioner to have information needed in administering and enforcing this chapter.