Title 287, ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Sec. 3b. (1) The director may develop, implement, and enforce scientifically based orders. These orders may include requirements for testing, animal or premises identification, record keeping, premovement documentation, or on-farm management practices that must be completed befor…

Sec. 7. (1) The director must appoint an individual as state veterinarian who will be the chief animal health official of this state. The appointment shall be made in accordance with the rules of the state civil service commission. The individual appointed as state veterinarian m…

Sec. 9. (1) A person that discovers, suspects, or has reason to believe that an animal is either affected by a reportable animal disease or contaminated with a toxic substance shall immediately report that fact, suspicion, or belief to the director. The director shall take approp…

Sec. 11. If the director considers it a benefit to the health or condition of the livestock industry of this state, the director may enter into agreements with the secretary of agriculture of the United States department of agriculture, the secretary's authorized representative, …

Sec. 11b. (1) All cattle must bear official identification before they leave a premises, unless the first point of destination is a tagging agreement site approved by the director. As used in this subsection, "official identification" means an electronic radio frequency identific…

Sec. 12. (1) The director may issue a quarantine on animals, equipment, vehicles, structures, premises, or any area in this state, including the entire state if necessary, for the purpose of controlling or preventing the spread of a known or suspected infectious or toxicological …

Sec. 12a. (1) The director may require movement controls for the movement of animals within this state to prevent or control a specific reportable animal disease, as provided in section 3b. (2) The director may require an official intrastate health certificate or official intrast…

Sec. 12b. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, all live privately owned cervids moving from 1 premises to another premises within this state are subject to all of the following requirements: (a) Within 5 business days of the movement of the private…

Sec. 14. (1) If the director determines that the control or eradication of a disease or condition of livestock warrants entry onto property where livestock or domestic animals are located, the director shall order the entry onto property where livestock or domestic animals are lo…

Sec. 14a. (1) The director may allow indemnification for the slaughter or destruction of livestock due to a reportable animal disease or toxicological contamination. If the director has signed an order for the slaughter or destruction of livestock, the owner may apply for indemni…

Sec. 17b. (1) The director may order surveillance testing of animals for a specific reportable animal disease in this state with a defined dimension as determined by the director. The director may also order surveillance testing of animals for either of the following purposes: (a…

Sec. 17c. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Change of ownership and location" means a transfer of ownership of an equid from 1 person to another person through selling, bartering, trading, leasing, adopting, or donating the equid along with a change of location of the equid. (b) …

Sec. 17d. (1) The owner of a newly established privately owned cervid operation shall initiate testing for tuberculosis within 18 months following assembly of the herd. The testing required by this subsection must be conducted by an accredited veterinarian. This subsection does n…

Sec. 19. (1) An animal imported into this state shall meet any and all requirements under the applicable provisions of this act and, notwithstanding the provisions of any other act, shall be accompanied by 1 of the following: (a) An official interstate health certificate or an of…

Sec. 20. (1) An official interstate or intrastate health certificate or official interstate or intrastate certificate of veterinary inspection shall be prepared and signed by an accredited veterinarian for animals requiring such a certificate and being imported into this state, o…

Sec. 22. (1) If an animal is imported into this state without the required official tests, vaccination, official identification, or documents, the director may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Quarantine the animal or the premises, or both. (b) Require that the required tests, …

Sec. 31. (1) The director may create an order as provided in this section. (2) Any species having the potential to spread serious diseases or parasites, to cause serious physical harm, or to otherwise endanger wild animals, wild animal and domesticated animal crosses, human life,…

Sec. 39. (1) Unless otherwise approved or waived by the director, all of the following apply to exhibition facilities: (a) A facility for exhibition of animals shall be constructed in a manner to allow sufficient separation of each exhibitor's animals and to allow for sufficient …

Sec. 40. (1) A fair, exhibition, exposition, or show shall have an accredited veterinarian on call whenever there are animals on the premises during the event. (2) A fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority shall do all of the following: (a) Notify exhibitors of the offici…

Sec. 40a. (1) This section applies to poultry imported to and housed at a live bird market. (2) A transporter bringing poultry to a live bird market shall comply with this act and 1937 PA 284, MCL 287.121 to 287.131. (3) A person operating a live bird market shall do all of the f…

Sec. 40b. (1) A person housing baby poultry for sale to individuals for the primary purpose of maintaining, for personal use, an individual bird or a flock and is not part of the National Poultry Improvement Program shall do all of the following: (a) Keep hand-cleansing stations …

Sec. 42. (1) Whenever an official test is conducted, an official vaccination is administered, or a United States department of agriculture accredited laboratory has diagnosed a reportable disease, the animals shall, unless exempted by the director, be identified by an official id…

Sec. 43. (1) A person in another state shall not export any autogenous veterinary biologicals into this state unless notification prior to import is given to the director and any stipulations set forth in or under 9 CFR part 102 and all amendments to that publication adopted in r…

Sec. 43a. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an animal being euthanized in this state shall be humanely euthanized in a manner outlined as acceptable or acceptable with conditions under the American Veterinary Medical Association's Guidelines on Euthanasia and all subseque…

Sec. 44. (1) The director may call upon a law enforcement agency to assist in enforcing this act. (2) The attorney general may bring a criminal or civil action against a person responsible for unlawfully introducing an infectious or toxicological disease into animals, animal prod…

Sec. 45. The department may promulgate rules for the implementation and enforcement of this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

Sec. 46. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Business owner" means a person that owns or controls the operations of a business. (b) "Cage-free housing system" means an indoor or outdoor controlled environment for egg-laying hens to which all of the following apply: (i) For an indoo…