Ohio Revised Code Chapter 941 - Animal Diseases

• Section 941.01 - Animal Diseases Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Dangerously contagious or infectious disease" means any disease, including any foreign animal disease, or vector, that the director...
• Section 941.02 - Chief Of Division Of Animal Health - Qualifications And Duties.
  (A) The chief of the division of animal health, appointed by the director of agriculture under sections 121.04 and 121.05 of the Revised Code,...
• Section 941.03 - Administrative Rules.
  (A) The director of agriculture, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt and enforce rules to carry out this chapter, including designating...
• Section 941.04 - Access To Premises Containing Contagious Or Infected Animal By Director.
  (A) Whenever the director of agriculture or his authorized representative reasonably suspects that any premises or means of conveyance contains an animal that is...
• Section 941.041 - Prohibitions Regarding Animal Diseases.
  No person shall do any of the following: (A) Fail to stop the person's vehicle or conveyance when directed to do so in accordance...
• Section 941.042 - Application For Search Warrant To Allow Access Or Admission.
  If the director of agriculture or his authorized representative is denied access or admission to any premises, vehicle, or conveyance to which access or...
• Section 941.043 - Order For Immediate Slaughter Or Boarding Of Animal.
  If the owner of the animal or the operator of the vehicle or conveyance is unable or refuses to comply with the permit issued...
• Section 941.05 - Inspections - Authority And Enforcement.
  (A) No owner or bailee of the premises or means of conveyance on which an animal is contained, shall fail to provide all reasonable...
• Section 941.06 - Enforcing Authority.
  (A) If any person has reason to suspect the existence of a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a residue, he immediately shall give...
• Section 941.07 - Dangerously Contagious Or Infectious Disease Or A Residue.
  (A) When the director of agriculture is notified by any person of the possibility of the existence of a dangerously contagious or infectious disease...
• Section 941.08 - Testing Or Examining Animal.
  (A) Any owner or bailee of an animal that is to be tested or examined by a person authorized by the department of agriculture...
• Section 941.09 - Rules Governing Identification Of Animals.
  (A) The director of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the identification of an...
• Section 941.10 - Rules Governing Importation And Movement Of Animals.
  (A) The director of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules to govern the importation and movement of animals. (B) Whenever the governor upon receipt...
• Section 941.11 - Order For Destruction Of Animal.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the director of agriculture, without prior hearing, may order the destruction of any domestic or nondomestic...
• Section 941.12 - Appraising Animal Ordered Destroyed.
  (A) Except as provided in rules adopted under section 941.41 of the Revised Code, no animal shall be ordered destroyed by the director of...
• Section 941.13 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-20-1994
• Section 941.14 - [Effective Until 1/1/2016] Disposal Of Dead Or Destroyed Animals.
  (A) The owner shall burn the body of an animal that has died of, or been destroyed because of, a dangerously infectious or contagious...
• Section 941.14 - [Effective 1/1/2016] Disposal Of Dead Or Destroyed Animals.
  (A) The owner shall burn the body of an animal that has died of, or been destroyed because of, a dangerously infectious or contagious...
• Section 941.15 - Owner Failing To Dispose Of Dead Animal.
  If the owner of land fails to comply with section 941.14 of the Revised Code, the department of agriculture or the board of township...
• Section 941.21 - Brucellosis Definitions.
  As used in sections 941.21 to 941.28 of the Revised Code: (A) "Brucellosis" means a contagious or infectious disease of animals caused by brucella...
• Section 941.22 - Administrative Rules.
  (A) The director of agriculture may adopt rules that do all of the following: (1) Establish requirements for certifying a herd of cattle and...
• Section 941.23 - County Appropriation From Funds.
  The board of county commissioners of any county may make such appropriations from the general funds of its county as will enable it to...
• Section 941.24 - Authority To Test.
  (A) No person shall make a brucellosis test or employ any other method of detection for brucellosis or administer a brucella vaccine unless he...
• Section 941.25 - Consignment For Slaughter Of Positive Or Suspect Animals.
  (A) If an animal is a positive or a suspect, it shall be identified with a numbered ear tag or in a manner prescribed...
• Section 941.26 - Movement Of Positive Or Suspect Animals.
  A suspect or a positive, other than a bovine animal, may be moved in accordance with regulations adopted by the director of agriculture. Effective...
• Section 941.27 - Disinfection Of Premises Or Means Of Conveyance.
  The premises or means of conveyance, from which a positive has been removed, shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected by the owner of such...
• Section 941.28 To 941.30 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-14-1967
• Section 941.31 - Rules Concerning Johne's Disease.
  (A) The director of agriculture may adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the...
• Section 941.32 To 941.40 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-14-1967
• Section 941.41 - Destruction Of Porcine Animals.
  (A) Porcine animals that the director of agriculture finds to be infected with or exposed to pseudorabies may be ordered destroyed in accordance with...
• Section 941.42 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-14-1967
• Section 941.51 - Tuberculosis Definitions.
  As used in sections 941.51 to 941.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "Negative" means an animal determined by a tuberculosis test not to be...
• Section 941.52 - Administrative Rules.
  (A) The director of agriculture may adopt rules providing: (1) The requirements for qualification of a herd of cattle or bison as a tuberculosis...
• Section 941.53 - County Appropriation From Funds.
  The board of county commissioners may make such appropriations from the general funds of its county as will enable it to cooperate effectively with...
• Section 941.54 - Tuberculosis Tests.
  (A) Every tuberculosis test shall be conducted by a licensed accredited veterinarian using a method approved by the department of agriculture. (B) Every tuberculosis...
• Section 941.55 - Slaughter Of Animals - Post Mortem Tests.
  (A) Notwithstanding sections 941.11 and 941.12 of the Revised Code, every bovine animal that is ordered destroyed because of tuberculosis following a tuberculosis test...
• Section 941.56 - Disinfection Of Premises Or Means Of Conveyance.
  The premises or means of conveyance from which a reactor has been removed shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected by the owner of such...
• Section 941.57 To 941.59 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-14-1967
• Section 941.60 - Injunction Prohibiting Violation Or Compelling Compliance.
  In addition to the penalties and remedies provided in this chapter and irrespective of whether there exists an adequate remedy at law, the director...
• Section 941.61 To 941.76 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-14-1967
• Section 941.81 To 941.83 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-14-1967
• Section 941.91 To 941.95 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-14-1967
• Section 941.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates sections 941.03, 941.05, 941.06, 941.08, 941.14, 941.24, 941.25, 941.54, 941.56, or division (C) of section 941.07, division (B) of section 941.09,...

Last modified: October 10, 2016