Georgia Code, Title 4, Chapter 7 - Hatchery Operators and Dealers

• § 4-7-1 - Designation of Official State Agency for Administration of National Improvement Plans; Participation by Hatcheries and the Like in National Plans; State Plan; Use of Certain Words in Advertising or Offering of Hatching Eggs, Chicks, Poults, or Breeding Stock
  (a) The Georgia Poultry Improvement Association, Inc., shall be recognized and designated as the official state agency for administration of the National Poultry Improvement...
• § 4-7-2 - Pullorum Disease Control
  (a) Regulations for control and eradication of pullorum disease shall be made following a joint hearing between the Commissioner and the Georgia Poultry Improvement...
• § 4-7-3 - Licenses
  (a) Every person, firm, corporation, or dealer who operates a hatchery shall first register and secure a permanent license from the Commissioner. The fee...
• § 4-7-4 - Reports of Contagious Diseases; Inspection of Premises
  (a) Hatcheries, dealers, and flock owners shall promptly report to the Commissioner the outbreak of any contagious or infectious disease affecting chicks, poults, or...
• § 4-7-5 - Use of Sulfaguanidine and Sulfathiazole
  (a) It shall be lawful in this state for any recognized poultry flock owners to buy and use sulfaguanidine and sulfathiazole in original packages...
• § 4-7-6 - Shipments of Hatching Eggs, Chicks, Poults, Poultry Breeding Stock, or Birds of Any Species Into State
  (a) Hatching eggs, chicks, poults, poultry breeding stock, or birds of any species shall not be shipped into the State of Georgia without first...
• § 4-7-7 - Effect of Chapter on Commissioner's Authority to Control and Eradicate Livestock and Poultry Diseases
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to limit in any manner the authority of the Commissioner to carry out, administer, and...
• § 4-7-8 - Penalty for Violations of Chapter; Disposal of Hatching Eggs or Birds Not in Compliance With Chapter
  Any person, firm, or corporation found to be in violation of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. The Commissioner may, at his discretion,...

Last modified: October 14, 2016