NY Agric & Mkts L § 79 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5 - Diseases of Domestic Animals; Calves and Veal; Pure Bred Stock; Certificates of Registry. 79 - Examination at Request of Owner; Segregation; Grading of Herds.

§ 79. Examination  at request of owner; segregation; grading of herds.   The owner of a herd of cattle kept for dairy or breeding purposes within   the state may apply to the commissioner for examination of his  herd  by   the  tuberculin,  or  other  approved  tests,  subject  to the following   regulations:1. The application therefor shall be upon a blank form provided by the   commissioner and shall include an agreement on the part of the owner  of   the  herd  to  improve  faulty  sanitary  conditions,  to  disinfect his   premises if diseased cattle be found, and to follow  directions  of  the   commissioner  designed  to  prevent  the  reinfection of the herd and to   suppress the disease and prevent the spread thereof.2.  The  commissioner  shall  cause  such  cattle   to   be   examined   accordingly,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this article, and if any   animal responds to such test, he may cause it to be slaughtered or  held   in strict quarantine.3.  If  after  examination  an  animal  be  found to be suffering from   tuberculosis such animal shall be slaughtered under  the  provisions  of   this  article,  or  the  commissioner may enter into a written agreement   with  the  owner  for  keeping  such  animal  in  segregation   or   the   commissioner  may,  if the condition of such animal warrants it, consign   such animal to any one of the experiment  stations  or  farms  owned  or   controlled  by the state, or by any county of the state, or to the farms   of such public institutions in  the  state  as  the  commissioner  shall   approve,  or to hospitals, sanitariums or other institutions existing in   whole or in part for the purpose of suppressing tuberculosis,  there  to   be  kept  and  used  for  breeding, dairy or experimental purposes under   regulations to be prescribed by the commissioner.4. Subject to the rules of the commissioner, an  animal  found  to  be   diseased  after  such  examination  may continue to be used for breeding   purposes, but the milk from such  animal  shall  not  be  used  for  any   purpose until pasteurized at such temperature and for such period as the   commissioner may prescribe.5.  The  young  of  any  such  diseased  animal  shall  immediately be   separated from its mother and shall not be permitted to  receive  or  be   fed  the  milk  from  such  affected  animal  until  such  milk has been   pasteurized as provided in subdivision four of this section.6. The commissioner may make rules for classifying herds tested  under   this  section  and  for the purpose of giving recognition to herds which   are in a healthy condition,  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue  such   certification  as he may deem proper in relation to such herds.  If such   rules  and  such  certification  provide  for  periodical   retests   of   accredited  herds,  or  other herds not yet accredited, the cost of such   retests, after January first, nineteen  hundred  and  thirty,  shall  be   borne  by  the  state  and  there  shall be appropriated annually to the   department a sum sufficient to defray  the  expense  of  the  veterinary   service for such required retests.