11-18-103. Livestock board; powers generally.

(a) In addition to powers and duties hereinafter provided, the Wyoming livestock board shall:

(i) Appoint a state veterinarian who is a graduate of a veterinary college recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Wyoming state board of veterinary medicine and licensed to practice in Wyoming and who shall serve at the pleasure of the board;

(ii) Consult with the state veterinarian when the state veterinarian appoints deputy state veterinarians. Any deputy state veterinarians shall act under the direction of the Wyoming livestock board and the state veterinarian. Deputy state veterinarians shall be graduates of a veterinary college recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Wyoming state board of veterinary medicine. Deputy state veterinarians shall serve at the pleasure of the state veterinarian. The state veterinarian shall supervise and control the action of the deputy state veterinarians and prescribe their duties and tenure of office;

(iii) Supervise and control the action of the state veterinarian and prescribe his duties and tenure of office;

(iv) Remove the state veterinarian at any time;

(v) Promulgate and enforce rules, regulations and orders it deems necessary for the importation of domestic animals, excluding those animals covered in W.S. 23-3-301(a), recording and inspection of livestock brands, inspection, testing, brucellosis vaccination or quarantining of any livestock including brucellosis vaccination requirements for resident cattle and cattle imported into Wyoming and to develop a livestock health and emergency disease response program, including prevention, surveillance and investigation of livestock diseases through naturally occurring events or acts of agroterrorism. "Agroterrorism" for the purpose of this section means an intentional release of a biological or chemical agent that causes disease to livestock or crops or renders the food products of livestock or crops unsafe for human consumption;

(vi) Exercise the power and authority conferred upon it by this act, either directly or through its agency;

(vii) Designate an agency to act as its representative as provided by W.S. 11-20-201, recorded in its minutes, and transmit the name of the agency to the auditor and treasurer of Wyoming;

(viii) Develop a comprehensive livestock health and emergency disease response program for reportable diseases as identified in W.S. 11-19-102;

(ix) Promote the prevention, surveillance, investigation and elimination of diseases of concern and the protection of the overall health of Wyoming livestock by maintaining science based import regulations and quarantines and providing instruction to the ports of entry, veterinarians and law enforcement;

(x) Administer the livestock law enforcement account created by W.S. 11-18-120.