N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 76: Quarantine on animals or premises

§ 76. Quarantine on animals or premises. 1. The commissioner, any

department employed veterinarian authorized by the commissioner, any

veterinarian in the employ of the United States department of

agriculture who is working in this state in connection with disease

control programs cooperatively conducted by the United States department

of agriculture and the department, or, when acting under the direction

of any department employed veterinarian authorized by the commissioner

to provide such direction, any accredited veterinarian and any licensed

veterinary technician in the employ of the department may order any

animal to be put in quarantine if such animal (a) is affected with

communicable disease, (b) has been exposed to a communicable disease,

(c) is believed to be suffering from or exposed to a communicable

disease, or (d) is suspected of having biological or chemical residues

in its tissues which would cause the carcass or carcasses of such

animal, if slaughtered, to be adulterated within the meaning of this

chapter, and may order any premises or farm where such disease or

condition exists or shall have recently existed to be put in quarantine

so that no domestic animal shall be removed from or brought to the

premises quarantined during the time of quarantine. The commissioner

shall prescribe such regulations affecting animals, persons or property

as he may deem necessary or expedient to prevent the dissemination of

the disease or condition from the premises so quarantined.

2. Any employee of the department so authorized by the commissioner

may impose pursuant to subdivision one hereof a quarantine (a) upon

cattle, swine or poultry whenever there is a reasonable cause to believe

that such animals have been fed garbage, offal or carcasses in violation

of section seventy-two-a of this chapter and (b) upon any horse required

to have been tested in accordance with section ninety-five-c of this

chapter if the custodian of such animal does not produce for examination

a negative test certificate.

3. Whenever the owner of any bovine animal refuses or neglects to have

any such animal tuberculin tested or whenever the owner of any domestic

animal of a species for which a disease control program has been adopted

and instituted by the commissioner pursuant to this article refuses or

neglects to subject such animal to such tests or examinations as may

have been established under such disease control program, the

commissioner may order the premises or farm on which such animal is

harbored to be put in quarantine so that no animal of the same species

shall be removed from or brought to the premises quarantined, and so

that no product of such animals on the premises so quarantined shall be

removed from the said premises. Nothing provided in this section shall

prevent the addition of new animals to a herd under quarantine or the

removal for immediate slaughter of any animals from the premises or herd

quarantined if such addition or removal is by written permission of the

commissioner and pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by him.