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NH Rev Stat § 436:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:1 - Definitions.

    436:1 Definitions. –||I. "Person," "owner" or "importer" means any person, corporation, association, partnership, company, firm or other aggregation of individuals.||II. "Domestic animals" means all animals, including poultry, that are kept or harbored as domesticated animals.||III. "Vaccines" means all biological products that contain living organisms.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:2 - Division of Animal Industry.

    436:2 Division of Animal Industry. –||There shall be a division of the department of agriculture, markets, and food known as the division of animal industry.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:5. 1999, 116:1, eff. Aug. 9, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:3 - Record to be Kept.

    436:3 Record to be Kept. –||The commissioner shall keep a record of all permits issued and bovine animals imported, of all animals tested on behalf of the state, or at the request of the owner, with the date and place of the test and the name and residence of the owner; and a complete and accurate record of all work performed under this chapter.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:4 - Report.

    436:4 Report. –||The commissioner shall, within its biennial report pursuant to RSA 20:7, submit a written report to the governor and council, stating in detail the work done during the preceding 2 years.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2015, 259:21, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:5 - Assistance; Rules.

    436:5 Assistance;  Rules. –||The commissioner may, with such funds as may be available for the purpose, employ such clerical, veterinary and other assistance as he may deem necessary for the proper performance of his duties and the fulfillment of the purpose of this chapter, and may adopt rules under RSA 541-A for the proper execution of its provisions.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:6 - Federal Cooperation.

    436:6 Federal Cooperation. –||The commissioner is authorized to accept, on behalf of the state, the rules and regulations prepared by the Secretary of Agriculture under and in pursuance of section 3 of an act of Congress approved May 29, 1884, entitled "An act for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals," or of any other such act of Congress, and he may cooperate with the authorities of the United States government within this state in the carrying out of such rules and regulations and the enforcement of the provisions of any such act or acts so passed which are not in conflict with the statutes of this state.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:6-a - Records Disclosure.

    436:6-a Records Disclosure. –||Information submitted by an individual or business for the purpose of participating in a state or national animal health or disease control system is exempt from disclosure. Disclosure to local, state, and federal officials is not public disclosure. This exemption does not affect the disclosure of information used in reportable animal health investigations under this chapter.|||Source. 2007, 277:1, eff. Sept. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:7 - Appointment.

    436:7 Appointment. –||The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food shall, with the approval of the governor and council, appoint a graduate of a veterinary college of recognized standing, who shall have had at least 5 years' experience in the practice of veterinary medicine, including large animal practice, and who shall be known as the state veterinarian and the director of the division of animal industry.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:5. 1999, 116:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:8 - Powers.

    436:8 Powers. –||The state veterinarian, under the direction of the commissioner, shall have all of the powers of the commissioner and shall have general charge of the enforcement of this chapter. Complaints under RSA 644:8, 644:8-a, 644:8-aa and any other law pertaining to the abuse of domestic animals, as defined under RSA 436:1, shall initially be filed with the local law enforcement agency, animal control officer, state police, or sheriff which has jurisdiction over where the animal is located or kept. At the request of the local law enforcement agency, animal control officer, state police, or sheriff, the state veterinarian shall assist in a secondary capacity in enforcing the provisions of and investigating said complaints. In the event the commissioner becomes incapacitated or a vacancy occurs in the office, the state veterinarian shall perform all the duties of that office during any such incapacity or until any such vacancy is filled. The commissioner may direct the state veterinarian to act for him or her in an official capacity whenever he or she may be absent from his or her duties.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1987, 116:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. 2009, 123:1, eff. Aug. 21, 2009. 2012, 240:1, eff. June 18, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:9 - Salary and Expenses.

    436:9 Salary and Expenses. –||He shall receive the annual salary prescribed by RSA 94:1-4, and shall be allowed his expenses when away from the office of the department on official business.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:9-a - Appointment.

    436:9-a Appointment. –||The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food shall appoint a graduate of a veterinary college of recognized standing, who shall have had at least 5 years' experience in the practice of veterinary medicine, including large animal practice, and who shall be known as the assistant state veterinarian.|||Source. 2015, 276:110, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:9-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:9-b - Powers.

    436:9-b Powers. –||The assistant state veterinarian, under the direction of the commissioner and state veterinarian, shall assist the state veterinarian with the enforcement of this chapter and any other law over which the division has regulatory authority. The state veterinarian may direct the assistant state veterinarian to act for him or her in an official capacity whenever he or she may be absent from his or her duties.|||Source. 2015, 276:110, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:9-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:9-c - Salary and Expenses.

    436:9-c Salary and Expenses. –||The assistant state veterinarian shall receive the annual salary prescribed by RSA 94:1 through RSA 94:4, and shall be allowed his or her expenses when away from the office of the department on official business.|||Source. 2015, 276:110, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:10 - Regulated.

    436:10 Regulated. –||No person shall bring, cause to be brought, ship, or cause to be shipped into this state any bovine without the written permission of the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food, except those for immediate slaughter at establishments where state or federal inspection is maintained; and such animal shall be held in quarantine at its destination or other designated place until released by the commissioner.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:5, eff. July 23, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:11 - Permits.

    436:11 Permits. –||Such permission shall be in the form of a written or printed permit and shall state the name and address of the importer, the number of such animals to be imported, the name of the place where such animals are to be held in quarantine for examination, and such other particulars as shall be deemed necessary.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:12 - Notice of Arrival.

    436:12 Notice of Arrival. –||When animals brought into the state on such permit have reached their destination or other designated place, the importer or owner or his agent shall, within 48 hours, give notice thereof in writing to the commissioner.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:13 - Examination.

    436:13 Examination. –||The commissioner shall, within a reasonable time, in person or through some competent assistant, make or cause to be made a physical examination of all such imported animals, and may apply such tests as he may deem necessary to determine their health.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:14 - Calves.

    436:14 Calves. –||Calves under 6 months of age from tuberculin-tested herds, or from herds tested by any other approved method, and accompanied by a permit and certificate of health, may be detained in quarantine or held for tests. Such certificate of health shall be executed under oath by the party making the shipment, or his duly qualified agent.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:15 - Release From Quarantine.

    436:15 Release From Quarantine. –||Such animals as shall be found to be free from tuberculosis or other contagious or infectious disease shall immediately be released from quarantine.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:16 - Diseased Animals.

    436:16 Diseased Animals. –||Such animals as shall be found to have any infectious or contagious disease shall immediately be slaughtered by and at the expense of the importer or owner or held in strict quarantine, if the disease is curable, under rules adopted by the commissioner; provided that registered purebred bovine animals, reacting to the tuberculin or other approved test, but showing no marked physical indications of tuberculosis, may be retained by the importer or owner in quarantine and be subject to the provision of RSA 436:62-68.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:17 - Disposal of Carcasses.

    436:17 Disposal of Carcasses. –||When slaughtered, the carcasses, under rules adopted by the commissioner, shall be burned or covered with lime and buried, or may be shipped to a fertilizer or rendering plant; provided that the meat of animals reacting to the tuberculin or other approved test, but showing no physical indications of tuberculosis or brucellosis, may be used or sold for food under rules adopted by the department of health and human services or in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture under the federal meat inspection law.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:18 - Witnessing Disposal.

    436:18 Witnessing Disposal. –||When such animals are killed on the premises of their importer or owner, the commissioner or his agent shall witness their burial or burning as aforesaid, unless their carcasses are shipped, used or sold as herein provided.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:19 - Hides.

    436:19 Hides. –||The importer or owner may retain the hides of such animals as are slaughtered, if slaughtered upon his premises, except from animals infected with glanders, anthrax, black leg or foot and mouth disease.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:20 - Proceeds of Carcasses.

    436:20 Proceeds of Carcasses. –||If the carcasses are used, sold or shipped to a fertilizer or rendering plant, the importer or owner shall be entitled to the net proceeds from the salvage.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July, 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:21 - Without Quarantine.

    436:21 Without Quarantine. –||The commissioner may permit bovine animals to be brought into this state, without being confined in quarantine at their destination or other designated place, when they have been tested in the state of their origin within 3 months prior to being brought into this state by a veterinarian whose competency and reliability are certified to by the authority charged with the control of contagious or infectious diseases in the state where said test or tests were made, or when they are accompanied by a certificate of health, showing satisfactory tests made by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:22 - Accredited Cattle.

    436:22 Accredited Cattle. –||Cattle from an accredited herd, tested within 12 months prior to being brought into this state, may be allowed to enter without being held in quarantine and without being subjected to a test.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:23 - Retesting.

    436:23 Retesting. –||When the commissioner has reason to believe that the test or tests were not made in a competent or reliable manner, he may require that such animals shall be confined in quarantine at destination or other designated place, and be subjected to a retest at the expiration of a period not to exceed 60 days. If, upon testing, they shall be found to be infected with any contagious or infectious disease they shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 436:10-20.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:24 - Rulemaking.

    436:24 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt such rules as he may deem necessary relating to the importation into this state of horses, asses, mules, sheep, swine or other domestic animals, except as provided for by RSA 436:10. He may require that a physical examination or test be made of every such animal brought, driven or shipped into this state, may adopt quarantine rules for all such animals and may adopt whatever rules he deems necessary to prevent the introduction into this state of contagious or infectious diseases.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:25 - Diseased Animals.

    436:25 Diseased Animals. –||When such animals are found to have any contagious or infectious disease, they shall immediately be slaughtered by, and at the expense of, the importer or owner, or held in strict quarantine, if the disease is curable, under rules adopted by the commissioner; and when slaughtered the carcasses shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 436:17 relating to the disposition of the same; but in no case shall the importer or owner retain the hide of any animal infected with glanders or anthrax, nor shall the carcass of any animal infected with glanders or anthrax be shipped to a fertilizer or rendering plant.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:26 - Expense of Examination, Etc.

    436:26 Expense of Examination, Etc. –||The importer or owner shall bear the expense of detention, examination, test and slaughter under this subdivision and RSA 436:10-20, but not the personal expenses of the commissioner or his agent.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:27 - Permits to Drive Animals.

    436:27 Permits to Drive Animals. –||Persons living near the state line who own or occupy land in an adjoining state, or persons living in an adjoining state who own or occupy land in this state near the state line, may secure from the commissioner a permit to drive cattle, horses, asses, mules or sheep back and forth to pasture and for other purposes, subject to such restrictions or regulation as he may deem necessary in any particular case.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:28 - Issuance of Health Certificates.

    436:28 Issuance of Health Certificates. –||I. The commissioner may prepare and issue health certificates for interstate shipment of livestock and poultry.||II. The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, for the preparation and issuance of health certificates authorized by paragraph I.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:29 - Penalty.

    436:29 Penalty. –||I. Any person who drives, brings or ships domestic animals into this state, or is an accessory thereto, knowing or having reason to believe that any of them have a contagious or infectious disease or have been exposed to any such disease, or violates any of the provisions or rules relating to importation or quarantine, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. The bringing, shipping or driving of each animal into this state in violation of the provisions of this section or in violation of the importation or quarantine rules shall constitute a separate offense.||II. In addition, any person who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision or rules adopted under it may be subject to an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1989, 13:1, eff. April 4, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:30 - Interstate Transportation.

    436:30 Interstate Transportation. –||The provisions of RSA 436:29 shall not apply to livestock being transported through the state in interstate commerce.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:31 - Investigations.

    436:31 Investigations. –||The commissioner shall cause systematic investigation, insofar as available funds will permit, to be made as to the existence of pleuropneumonia, foot and mouth disease, glanders, hog cholera, anthrax, black leg, hemorrhagic septicemia, rabies, scrapie, fowl cholera, European fowl pest, or any other infectious or contagious disease among cattle, horses, asses, mules, sheep, swine and all other domestic animals, and the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized agent may enter any premises, including stockyards within any part of the state in or at which the commissioner has reason to believe that there exists or may exist any such disease and make search, investigation and inquiry in regard to the existence thereof.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 2001, 242:2, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:32 - Aid.

    436:32 Aid. –||The commissioner may call to his aid, if necessary, the police officer or constable of the city or town, or the sheriff of the county, in which such animals may be located and all such officers when so called upon by said commissioner or his duly authorized agent, shall assist in the enforcement of the provisions of this subdivision.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:33 - Notice to Commissioner.

    436:33 Notice to Commissioner. –||Whenever a local board of health or its executive officer, veterinarian, selectman or any person has notice of or suspects the existence of any of the diseases named in RSA 436:31, or other contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals, such board of health or person shall immediately notify the commissioner in writing, stating the grounds for such belief or suspicion. Any owner suspecting the existence of any such disease among his domestic animals shall immediately notify the commissioner in writing of such fact.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|