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IN Code § 15-17-3-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 3. Board of Animal Health|15-17-3-15. Inspections; Entry Onto Property; Remediation

Sec. 15. (a) The board or the board's agent:(1) may make sanitary inspections and surveys; and(2) may enter upon any public or private property where any animals or objects are at the time quartered, including the location of the carcass of any animal;to inspect the property, examine the animals or objects, conduct tests in regard to the presence of diseases or pests of animals and the possible cause and sources of the disease or pest, and perform any other function authorized by this article.(b) The board or the board's agent may hold, seize, quarantine, treat, destroy, dispose of, or take other remedial action with respect to any animal or progeny of any animal, object, or means of conveyance that the board or the board's agent:(1) has reason to believe:(A) may carry, may have carried, or may have been affected by or exposed to any disease or pest of animals; or(B) violates this article or a rule adopted under this article;(2) finds is not being maintained or has not been maintained in accordance with a quarantine or condition imposed under this article, a rule adopted under this article, or an order issued under this article; or(3) determines must be acted upon to prevent the dissemination of a disease or pest of animals.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-3-14.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-3-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 3. Board of Animal Health|15-17-3-16. Subpoenas

Sec. 16. The board, over the signature of the chairperson or another board member authorized by the board, may do the following to accomplish the board's objectives:(1) Subpoena and bring before the board any person in this state to take testimony either orally or by deposition or by exhibit, with the same fees and mileage, and in the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial procedure in civil cases in the circuit courts of Indiana.(2) Subpoena and order any person to provide to board personnel for inspection and copying records, photographs, and any other type of document or data compilation, or to allow access for inspection, copying, testing, sampling, analysis, or treatment to any tangible thing, including animals, carcasses of animals, animal feed, and meat, dairy, and other human food products.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-3-15.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-3-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 3. Board of Animal Health|15-17-3-17. Oaths

Sec. 17. An agent of the board may administer oaths to witnesses at any hearing that the board is authorized by law to conduct.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-3-16.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-3-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 3. Board of Animal Health|15-17-3-18. Reports

Sec. 18. (a) The board may require, by general or special order, licensees and permittees under this article to file with the board in a prescribed form:(1) annual, periodic, or special reports; or(2) answers, in writing, to specific questions;to provide information concerning the business conduct of the licensee or permittee and the practices and management of the business of the licensee or permittee as the practices and management relate to other persons in the same business.(b) The board may require that the reports and answers under this section be made under oath and filed within a reasonable time if the requirements are determined to be essential by the board.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-3-17.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-3-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 3. Board of Animal Health|15-17-3-19. Federal Laws

Sec. 19. The board may, on behalf of the state, accept or adopt, in whole or in part, federal laws, including regulations adopted by agencies of the United States that are necessary or helpful in fulfilling the board's duties under this article. The board may cooperate with the authorities of the United States government within Indiana in enforcing state and federal laws.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-3-18.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-3-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 3. Board of Animal Health|15-17-3-20. Funds From Sources Other Than the State

Sec. 20. The board may accept, use, and expend funds or other resources from sources other than the state if:(1) the resources are awarded for the pursuit of a specific objective that the board is authorized to accomplish under this article or that the board is qualified to accomplish by reason of the board's jurisdiction or professional expertise;(2) the resources are expended for the pursuit of the objective for which the resources are awarded;(3) activities connected with or occasioned by the expenditure of the resources do not interfere with or impair the performance of the board's duties and responsibilities and do not conflict with the exercise of the board's powers and duties under this article;(4) monetary resources are kept in separate accounts in the state treasury; and(5) reports of the board's receipt and use of the resources are prepared periodically.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-3-20.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-3-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 3. Board of Animal Health|15-17-3-21. Rules

Sec. 21. The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that are reasonable and necessary to discharge the duties imposed on the board by law and to implement this article, IC 15-18-1, and IC 15-19-6.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-3-19.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-3-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 3. Board of Animal Health|15-17-3-22. Allowable Adoptions of Rules

Sec. 22. (a) Notwithstanding IC 15-17-2-37, the board may adopt by rule a different definition of "herd" to advance a disease control program or objective.(b) Notwithstanding IC 15-17-2-64(5), the board may adopt rules concerning livestock products that are not in containers to establish the circumstances under which those products are not considered misbranded.(c) Notwithstanding IC 15-17-2-64(5)(B), the board may adopt rules concerning small containers to establish variations or exemptions from label quantity statements under which the containers are not considered misbranded.(d) Notwithstanding IC 15-17-2-64(9)(B), the board shall adopt rules to establish exemptions for product labels that do not bear the common or usual name of each ingredient in a product fabricated from at least two (2) ingredients under which the products are not considered misbranded if listing the common or usual name of each ingredient is impracticable or results in deception or unfair competition.(e) Notwithstanding IC 15-17-2-64(11), the board shall adopt rules to establish exemptions for products that contain artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or a chemical preservative under which the products are not considered misbranded if the products do not bear a label stating that the products contain those substances if stating that fact is impracticable.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-3-21.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-3-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 3. Board of Animal Health|15-17-3-23. Livestock and Poultry Standards of Care

Sec. 23. The board may adopt rules to establish standards governing the care of livestock and poultry. The board shall consider the following when adopting the standards:(1) The health and husbandry of the livestock and poultry.(2) Generally accepted farm management practices.(3) Generally accepted veterinary standards and practices.(4) The economic impact the standards may have on:(A) livestock and poultry farmers;(B) the affected livestock and poultry sector; and(C) consumers.As added by P.L.50-2010, SEC.3.
IN Code § 15-17-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-1. State Veterinarian; Appointment

Sec. 1. (a) The state veterinarian shall be appointed by the board with the approval of the governor.(b) The state veterinarian serves as the chief administrative officer of the board.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-1.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-2. State Veterinarian; Qualifications

Sec. 2. The state veterinarian:(1) must:(A) be a graduate of a recognized veterinary college;(B) be licensed and accredited to practice veterinary medicine in Indiana; and(C) have at least five (5) years experience as a general practitioner of veterinary medicine or as a veterinary administrator, or both; and(2) may not be a member of the board.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-2.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-3. State Veterinarian; Term

Sec. 3. The state veterinarian shall serve a term of four (4) years.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-3.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-4. State Veterinarian; Vacancy

Sec. 4. A vacancy in the office of state veterinarian shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as for a full term.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-4.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-5. State Veterinarian; Duties

Sec. 5. The state veterinarian:(1) serves as secretary of the board;(2) provides technical advice and assistance to the board of veterinary medical examiners; and(3) performs the duties delegated by the board to the state veterinarian.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-5.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-4-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-6. Organization of Board

Sec. 6. The state veterinarian may, subject to the approval of the board:(1) organize the personnel and functions of the board into divisions and subdivisions;(2) delegate responsibilities to the divisions and employees; and(3) consolidate, divide, or abolish the divisions and subdivisions;as necessary to carry out the state veterinarian's powers and duties and the powers and duties of the board.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-6.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-4-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-7. State Veterinarian; Salary

Sec. 7. The salary of the state veterinarian is fixed by the board with the approval of the governor.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-7.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-4-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-8. Employees; Appointment

Sec. 8. The board:(1) may appoint one (1) assistant state veterinarian; and(2) shall appoint other employees necessary to carry out this article.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-8.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-4-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-9. Employees; Nonpartisan

Sec. 9. All employees of the board shall be selected on a nonpartisan basis and may not be discharged for political reasons.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-9.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-4-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-10. Employees; Salaries

Sec. 10. The salary of the employees of the board shall be fixed according to IC 4-12-2.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-10.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-4-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-11. Employees; Expenses

Sec. 11. Employees are entitled to receive necessary transportation and per diem expenses while away from the employees' official station and performing official duties.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-11.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-4-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 4. Personnel|15-17-4-12. Prohibited Fees; Private Practice

Sec. 12. (a) An employee may not receive or collect any fee or other payment for any services provided as an employee.(b) To learn professional skills and become familiar with new developments in the field of veterinary medicine, the state veterinarian or other veterinarians employed by the board may, in an individual capacity as a licensed veterinarian but not in an official capacity as a board employee, engage in the private practice of veterinary medicine if the private practice of veterinary medicine does not interfere with the employee's performance of duties as an employee of the board or does not violate state laws governing ethics and conflicts of interest.(c) The board may impose conditions or restrictions on the practice of veterinary medicine by the board's employees to facilitate the performance of board duties and compliance with state ethics laws.(d) The state is not liable for any act performed by the state veterinarian or a board employee performed in the private practice of veterinary medicine.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-12.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-1. Purpose

Sec. 1. The purpose of this chapter is to do the following:(1) Safeguard the public health and promote public welfare by:(A) preventing the slaughter of dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry for human food purposes; and(B) preventing the manufacture, processing, storage, transportation, and sale of adulterated meat and poultry products for human food purposes.(2) Eliminate the manufacture, processing, distribution, and sale of fraudulent, misbranded, or deceptive products of livestock and poultry origin.(3) Prohibit the use of nonhumane methods in the slaughter of livestock and poultry.(4) Provide for humane slaughter of livestock and poultry and for meat and poultry products inspection programs that will impose and enforce requirements with respect to intrastate operations and commerce that are at least equal to those imposed and enforced under the federal Humane Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), the federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), and the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) with respect to operations and transactions in interstate commerce.(5) Aid in the control of livestock and poultry diseases by discovering the origins of diseased livestock and poultry found in antemortem inspections and obtaining samples of blood and tissue specimens as considered necessary for the control of livestock and poultry diseases.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-1.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-2. Administration

Sec. 2. The state veterinarian shall administer this chapter to accomplish the purposes set forth in section 1 of this chapter.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-4.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-3. Designation of Board

Sec. 3. The board is designated as the appropriate state agency to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in the administration of this chapter.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-5.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-6. Prohibitions Regarding Livestock and Poultry Products

Sec. 6. (a) A person may not do the following:(1) Slaughter livestock or poultry or prepare any meat products or poultry products that are capable of use as human food for commerce, except in compliance with this chapter.(2) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in commerce any meat products or poultry products that are:(A) capable of use as human food and are adulterated or misbranded; or(B) required to be inspected under this chapter unless the products have been inspected and passed.(3) With respect to articles that are capable of use as human food, perform an act:(A) while the articles are being transported in commerce or held for sale after transportation in commerce; and(B) that is intended to cause or has the effect of causing the articles to be adulterated or misbranded.(b) A person may not sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, or from an official establishment, slaughtered poultry from which the blood, feathers, feet, head, or viscera have not been removed in accordance with rules adopted by the board except as authorized by rule.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-8.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-7. Transportation of Equine Carcasses, Livestock, Poultry Not Intended for Human Consumption, and Carcasses of Animals That Died Other Than by Slaughter

Sec. 7. (a) A person may not sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, carcasses or parts of carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines or the meat or meat food products of equines, unless the carcasses are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or identified as required by rules adopted by the board to show the kinds of animals from which the carcasses were derived.(b) A person may not buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, livestock products or poultry products that are not intended for use as human food unless the products are denatured or identified as required by the rules of the board or are naturally inedible by humans.(c) A person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died other than by slaughter, may not buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry or the products of such animals that died other than by slaughter unless the transaction or transportation is made in accordance with rules adopted by the board to ensure that the animals, or the unwholesome parts or products of the animals, will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-9.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-8. Anesthetic Measures Before Severance of Carotid Arteries

Sec. 8. The board shall adopt rules governing humane methods to make livestock or poultry insensible to pain before incision of an instrument for severance of the carotid arteries. The rules must conform to the extent applicable to the regulations promulgated under the federal Humane Slaughter Act, as amended.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-10.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-9. Granting of Inspection Service

Sec. 9. (a) Before a person may engage in slaughtering livestock or poultry or processing meat or poultry, meat food products, or poultry products for commerce, the person must apply for, and upon compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter, shall receive from the state veterinarian, inauguration of inspection service in the establishment where the:(1) livestock or poultry are to be slaughtered for human consumption; or(2) meat or poultry, meat food products, or poultry products are processed or manufactured.(b) The board shall adopt rules governing the granting of inspection to the establishments that trade in commerce.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-11.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-10. Completion of Inspection; Reasonable Access

Sec. 10. (a) An inspection of products placed in a container at an official establishment is not complete until the products are sealed or enclosed in the container under the supervision of an inspector.(b) For purposes of an inspection of products required by this chapter, inspectors authorized by the state veterinarian shall have access at reasonable times, by day or night, to every part of every establishment required to have inspection under this chapter, whether or not the establishment is operating.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-12.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.