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§ 24-107. Handling, treating, and destruction of dead birds

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--General

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health--General
Title 24. Miscellaneous Provisions
Subtitle 1. Exotic Birds (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Health - General, § 24-107
§ 24-107. Handling, treating, and destruction of dead birds
Currentness
Dead bird to be frozen
(a) If a bird dies while in the possession of a permit holder, the permit holder shall freeze the bird immediately.
In general
(b) The Secretary of Health shall specify the methods for handling, treating, and destroying any bird that:
(1) Dies while in the possession of a permit holder; or
(2) In a case that involves psittacosis or any other disease that is contagious to human beings:
(i) Has the disease;
(ii) Is suspected of having the disease;
(iii) Is suspected of being a carrier of the disease;
(iv) Has been exposed to the disease; or
(v) Is kept at the same facility where the disease is discovered or suspected.
Contagious diseases
(c) In a case that involves velogenic visertrophic Newcastle disease or any other disease that is contagious to domestic animals or poultry, the State Secretary of Agriculture shall specify the methods for handling, treating, and destroying any bird that:
(1) Has the disease;
(2) Is suspected of having the disease;
(3) Is suspected of being a carrier of the disease;
(4) Has been exposed to the disease; or
(5) Is kept at the same facility where the disease is discovered or suspected.

Credits

Added as Health-Environmental § 11-107 by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Transferred to Health-General § 24-107 by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 2, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2017, c. 62, § 6.
Formerly Art. 43, § 29.
MD Code, Health - General, § 24-107, MD HEALTH GEN § 24-107
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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