SB 46 — AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Office of State Veterinarian.

UNOFFICIALCHAPTER COPY16 231 RSCHAPTER 16 ( SB 46/GA46 ) AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Office of State Veterinarian.

Page 1 of 8 SB004610.100 - 860 - XXXX 2/24/2023 11:16 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS SB 46/GA (8) The State Board of Agriculture;

(2) Any person who desires to offer baby chicks or baby poults for sale at any auction or auctions, sale barn, or community sale, shall apply to the Office of State Veterinarian[division or the state veterinarian] for a permit Legislative Research Commission PDF Version ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY to hold the sale.

The office[division or the state veterinarian] shall be authorized in their discretion to grant or to deny the permit requested in the application, and if deemed necessary or advisable to require the applicant to submit a certificate in a form as the office[division or the state veterinarian] may prescribe, Page 2 of 8 SB004610.100 - 860 - XXXX 2/24/2023 11:16 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS SB 46/GA certifying that the baby chicks or baby poults which may be offered for sale are in healthy condition.

Page 3 of 8 SB004610.100 - 860 - XXXX 2/24/2023 11:16 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS SB 46/GA Section 6.

Every container of poultry under five (5) months of age, including baby chicks, started chicks, turkey poults, and any otherCHAPTER newly16 hatched3 Pageother 4newly ofhatched 8 SB004610.100 - 860 - XXXX 2/24/2023 11:16 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS SB 46/GA domestic poultry, except those intended for immediate slaughter, and hatching eggs imported into this state shall bear an official label or certificate showing the name and address of the importer, the authority under which the testing for pullorum disease was done, and the pullorum control and eradication class of the product, the use of the certificate or label to be approved by the official state agency or the Office of State Veterinarian[Division of Animal Health] official of the state of origin.

Where possible, the office[division] shall make the tests necessary to Page 5 of 8 SB004610.100 - 860 - XXXX 2/24/2023 11:16 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS SB 46/GA determine whether or not pullorum disease is present in any of the quarantined poultry.

(e) Nonlicensed graduate veterinarians in the United States Armed Services or Page 6 of 8 SB004610.100 - 860 - XXXX 2/24/2023 11:16 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS SB 46/GA employees of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture[ or the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health] while engaged in the performance of their official duties, or other lawfully qualified veterinarians residing in other states, from meeting licensed veterinarians of this Commonwealth in consultation;

Legislative Research Commission PDF Version ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (f) A trainer, sales agent, or herdsman from caring for animals, upon instruction from a Kentucky-licensed veterinarian, provided there is a veterinary-client-veterinary-client-patient patient relationship, as defined in KRS 321.185;

Holds a valid, current license as a veterinarian in his or her home Page 7 of 8 SB004610.100 - 860 - XXXX 2/24/2023 11:16 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS SB 46/GA country;

PageSigned 8by ofGovernor 8March SB004610.10017, -2023. 860 - XXXX 2/24/2023 11:16 AM GA