N.Y. AGM Law § 76 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 5 / Section 76
Quarantine on animals or premises
Status: in_force

§ 76. Quarantine on animals or premises. 1. The commissioner, any\ndepartment employed veterinarian authorized by the commissioner, any\nveterinarian in the employ of the United States department of\nagriculture who is working in this state in connection with disease\ncontrol programs cooperatively conducted by the United States department\nof agriculture and the department, or, when acting under the direction\nof any department employed veterinarian authorized by the commissioner\nto provide such direction, any accredited veterinarian and any licensed\nveterinary technician in the employ of the department may order any\nanimal to be put in quarantine if such animal (a) is affected with\ncommunicable disease, (b) has been exposed to a communicable disease,\n(c) is believed to be suffering from or exposed to a communicable\ndisease, or (d) is suspected of having biological or chemical residues\nin its tissues which would cause the carcass or carcasses of such\nanimal, if slaughtered, to be adulterated within the meaning of this\nchapter, and may order any premises or farm where such disease or\ncondition exists or shall have recently existed to be put in quarantine\nso that no domestic animal shall be removed from or brought to the\npremises quarantined during the time of quarantine. The commissioner\nshall prescribe such regulations affecting animals, persons or property\nas he may deem necessary or expedient to prevent the dissemination of\nthe disease or condition from the premises so quarantined.\n  2. Any employee of the department so authorized by the commissioner\nmay impose pursuant to subdivision one hereof a quarantine (a) upon\ncattle, swine or poultry whenever there is a reasonable cause to believe\nthat such animals have been fed garbage, offal or carcasses in violation\nof section seventy-two-a of this chapter and (b) upon any horse required\nto have been tested in accordance with section ninety-five-c of this\nchapter if the custodian of such animal does not produce for examination\na negative test certificate.\n  3. Whenever the owner of any bovine animal refuses or neglects to have\nany such animal tuberculin tested or whenever the owner of any domestic\nanimal of a species for which a disease control program has been adopted\nand instituted by the commissioner pursuant to this article refuses or\nneglects to subject such animal to such tests or examinations as may\nhave been established under such disease control program, the\ncommissioner may order the premises or farm on which such animal is\nharbored to be put in quarantine so that no animal of the same species\nshall be removed from or brought to the premises quarantined, and so\nthat no product of such animals on the premises so quarantined shall be\nremoved from the said premises. Nothing provided in this section shall\nprevent the addition of new animals to a herd under quarantine or the\nremoval for immediate slaughter of any animals from the premises or herd\nquarantined if such addition or removal is by written permission of the\ncommissioner and pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by him.\n