{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-540","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-540","heading":"Rules and regulations.","body":"The North Carolina Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to adopt such regulations as may be necessary to:\n(1)\tCarry out the provisions of the national poultry improvement plan.\n(2)\tSet up minimum standards for the operation of hatcheries.\n(3)\tRegulate hatching egg dealers, chick dealers, poult dealers, poultry dealers, ratite dealers, and jobbers.\n(4)\tRegulate the shipping into this State of baby chicks, turkey poults and hatching eggs.\n(5)\tFacilitate the control and eradication of contagious and infectious diseases of poultry.\n(6)\tEstablish fee schedules for pullorum and other disease testing, and the performance of services such as culling and selecting by Department personnel.\n(7)\tProvide for compulsory testing of poultry for pullorum disease and fowl typhoid. (1945, c. 616, s. 2; 1969, c. 464; 1983, c. 290, ss. 2, 3; 1998-212, s. 13.10(a).)","path":["Chapter 106. Agriculture.","Article 49. Poultry; Hatcheries; Chick Dealers."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_106/GS_106-540.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:16:07Z","sha256":"3916e2b44efa9ad1b3137b2036f9cd274fafc364cbf6fcd69003e4e3c6a3dc47","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-539","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-541"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}