Title 287, ANIMAL INDUSTRY

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…