Chapter 129 - Livestock Disease Control

Section 1 - Definitions
Section 2 - Powers and Duties of Director; Orders
Section 3 - Records of Inspectors; Forms
Section 4 - Certification of Documents by Clerk
Section 5 - Entry of Orders, Rules and Regulations on Records; Publication
Section 6 - Aid to Director and Inspectors by Sheriffs, Constables and Police Officers
Section 7 - Entry on Premises
Section 8 - Hospitals and Quarantine Stations
Section 9 - Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Animal Rescue League of Boston; Agents; Powers and Duties
Section 10 - Examination of Persons Under Oath; Mandatory Attendance and Testimony of Witnesses
Section 11 - Isolation or Destruction of Diseased Animals; Post Mortem Examination
Section 13a - Destruction of Animals Affected With Scrapie; Partial Compensation
Section 14 - Destruction of Animals Affected With Foot and Mouth Disease; Disinfection or Destruction of Buildings
Section 14a - Quarantine or Destruction of Animals Affected With Vesicular Stomatitis or Vesicular Exanthema
Section 14b - Feeding Garbage to Swine
Section 14c - Hog Cholera; Slaughtering of Hogs; Payment to Owners
Section 14d - Hogs Affected With Brucellosis; Quarantine and Testing
Section 14e - Breeding, Feeder or Slaughter Swine Imported Into Commonwealth
Section 15 - Inspector of Animals; Appointment
Section 16 - Refusal or Neglect of Town to Appoint Inspector; Appointment by Director
Section 17 - Oath of Inspectors; Compensation; Reimbursement of Towns
Section 18 - Duties of Inspectors; Training; Enforcement
Section 19 - Inspections of Domestic Animals
Section 20 - Certificate of Healthy Condition
Section 21 - Quarantine of Diseased Animals; Notice or Order; Records
Section 22 - Service of Notice or Order of Quarantine; Return; Evidence
Section 22a - Dogs Owned by Police Departments or Agencies
Section 23 - Examination of Buildings; Report
Section 24 - Notice of Quarantine
Section 25 - Records of Inspectors of Animals; Returns
Section 26 - Application of Chapter to Inspectors in Boston
Section 26a - Shipping Cattle Into Commonwealth Without Inspection; Certificate of Health
Section 26b - Hatching Eggs; Baby Chicks or Live Poultry; Restriction on Sale, Transportation or Importation
Section 27 - Seizure, Quarantine and Destruction of Imported Diseased Animals
Section 28 - Notice of Contagious Disease to Director
Section 29 - Expense of Quarantine
Section 30 - Effect of Quarantine; Release; Violation of Quarantine; Penalty
Section 31 - Damages; Arbitration; Petition for Assessment of Damages
Section 31a - Shipping or Delivering Tuberculin Within Commonwealth; Statement as to Use; Application to Common Carriers
Section 32 - Use of Tuberculin as Diagnostic Agent; Tests
Section 33 - Compensation for Animals Reacting to Tuberculin Test; Appraisals
Section 33a - Identification of Reacting Bovine Animals; Removal of Tag; Disposition of Tagged Animals
Section 33b - Declaration of Quarantine Areas; Tuberculin Tests of Bovine Animals; Modified Accredited Areas; Violation of Terms of Quarantine
Section 33c - Declaration of Quarantine Area; Tests for Brucellosis of Bovine Animals; Modified Certified Brucellosis Free Area; Violation of Terms of Quarantine
Section 33d - Tests for Detection of Brucellosis; Identification of Animals; Destruction
Section 34 - Compensation to Violators of Regulations
Section 35 - Driving Certain Cattle on Public Ways or Roads
Section 36 - Notice of Contagious Diseases
Section 36b - Vaccination of Female Calves; Identification of Positive Reactors; Transportation of Unvaccinated Bovine Animals
Section 36d - Importation of Vaccinated Animals; Conditions
Section 36e - Importation of Unvaccinated Female Cattle Over Five Months of Age
Section 36f - Brucellosis, Imported Cattle, Blood Testing
Section 36g - Reimbursement of Owners for Slaughter of Animals Reacting Positively to Blood Test for Brucellosis; Appraisal
Section 36h - Waiver of Compliance With Secs. 36b, 36d to 36f
Section 37 - Enforcement Actions; Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Agriculture, District and Superior Courts
Section 38 - Annual Report
Section 39 - Licensing of Persons Dealing in Bovine and Porcine Animals; Fee
Section 39a - Pet Shops; Licensing Operation; Animal Health Inspections
Section 39b - Guard Dog Businesses; Licenses
Section 39c - Hearing Dog Business; Licenses
Section 39d - Hearing Dog Business; Access to Public Facilities
Section 39e - Livestock Auction Business; Licenses
Section 39f - Service Dogs; Trainer Rights
Section 39g - Official Health Certificate Requirement for Dog or Cat Brought or Shipped Into Commonwealth; Purchase of Animal for Resale; Vaccination Record; Devocalization Prohibited
Section 40 - License Plates for Vehicles Used for Transportation of Bovine or Porcine Animals; Fee; Revocation
Section 40a - Hog Cholera Vaccine; Prohibited Use
Section 41 - Bill of Sale or Memorandum Signed by Owner of Persons Transporting Bovine Animals; Exhibition on Demand
Section 42 - Tagging Bovine Animal With Identification Tag
Section 43 - Penalties for Violation of Secs. 39 to 42
Section 44 - Testing of Imported Equine Animals for Infectious Anemia; Certification
Section 44a - Destruction or Quarantine of Infected Equine Animals
Section 45 - License to Deal in or Auction Equine Animals
Section 46 - License Plates for Vehicles Transporting Equine Animals
Section 47 - Bill of Sale or Memorandum
Section 48 - Violations, Penalties