Article 3 - Sale and Use of Tuberculosis Tests - California Food and Agricultural Code

Sections (4)

Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 13. Effective August 23, 2004.

(a)The State Veterinarian may designate approved veterinarians to buy, possess, or use tuberculosis tests and may suspend or revoke that designation.

(b)The State Veterinarian may designate a duly authorized representative of the department or of the United States Department of Agriculture to possess or use tuberculosis tests and may suspend or revoke that designation.

§ 9942

Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 14. Effective August 23, 2004.

Any sale or disposition of tuberculosis tests within the state shall be reported to the department within five days after the sale or disposition.

§ 9943

Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 15. Effective August 23, 2004.

(a)It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days, without alternative of a fine in any case, for any person who is not an approved veterinarian to buy, possess, or use tuberculosis tests.

(b)It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than 90 days, without alternative of a fine in any case, for any person who is not a duly authorized representative of the department or of the United States Department of Agriculture to possess or use tuberculosis tests.

§ 9944

Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 16. Effective August 23, 2004.

It is unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any tuberculosis test in the state that has not been produced under license of the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.