§ 11-17-203 — Powers and duties of the director; promulgation of rules; interagency cooperation

Wyoming § 11-17-203

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 11: Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals
• Ch. 17: LIVESTOCK REMEDIES
• Art. 2: ANIMAL REMEDIES

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(a) The director shall enforce the provisions of this
article and may prescribe the form of tags, stamps or labels to
be used to show that the registration has been properly filed.
(b) The director may refuse to register any application
not in compliance with this article and may cancel any
registration subsequently found not to be in compliance with the
law. No registration shall be refused or cancelled until the
registrant has been given an opportunity to be heard before the
director and to amend his application in order to bring the
application into compliance.
(c) The director may sample any animal remedy as he deems
necessary.
(d) The director shall conduct any investigation he deems
necessary to enforce this article.
(e) The director may refuse the registration of any animal
remedy if available facts indicate that the product proposed is
of negligible or no value for correcting, alleviating or
mitigating animal injuries or diseases for which it is intended,
or the director may suspend or revoke any use for flagrant
violation of this article.
(f) The director may determine whether a manufacturer or
distributor shall be registered under the commercial feed or an
animal remedy law.
(g) The director shall cause animal remedies, which are
found or believed not to comply with this article to be withheld
from sale pending compliance with this article.
(h) Whenever the director or his authorized agent finds or
has reasonable cause to believe an animal remedy is adulterated
or misbranded under any provision of W.S. 11-17-207(d), he shall
affix to the animal remedy a tag or other appropriate marking,
giving notice that the animal remedy is, or is suspected of
being, adulterated or misbranded and has been detained and
warning all persons not to dispose of the animal remedy in any
manner until permission is given by the director or the court.
Any animal remedy suspected of being adulterated or misbranded
may be removed from display by the manufacturer or vendor, but
shall be left on the premises. No person shall dispose of a
detained animal remedy in violation of this section.
(j) If an animal remedy detained pursuant to subsection
(g) or (h) of this section is found, after examination and
analysis, to be adulterated or misbranded, the director may
petition the judge of any court of competent jurisdiction in
whose jurisdiction the animal remedy is detained for an order to
condemn the animal remedy. If the director finds that the
detained animal remedy is not adulterated or misbranded he shall
remove the tag or marking.
(k) The director may promulgate rules and regulations for
animal remedies necessary for the efficient enforcement of this
article. Procedures for promulgation shall be those outlined in
the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(m) The director may cooperate with and enter into
agreements with other Wyoming agencies including the state
veterinarian, other states and agencies of the federal
government in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of
this article.