§ 2321. Dangerous transmissible diseases
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 3 Pa.C.S.A. Agriculture
3 Pa.C.S.A. § 2321
§ 2321. Dangerous transmissible diseases
(b) Designation of additional dangerous transmissible diseases through regulation.--The department shall have the authority to promulgate regulations that designate other transmissible diseases to be dangerous transmissible diseases under this chapter if such other transmissible diseases present a danger to public health, to domestic animal health, to the safety or quality of the food supply or to the economic well-being of the domestic animal industries. The department shall also have the authority to withdraw the designation of a particular transmissible disease as a dangerous transmissible disease under this chapter if the transmissible disease no longer presents a danger to public health, to domestic animal health, to the safety or quality of the food supply or to the economic well-being of the domestic animal industries.
(c) Department of Health; notification and consultation.--The department shall inform the Department of Health of the outbreak of a domestic animal disease which may threaten human health and shall, in consultation with the Department of Health, determine the public health risk associated with the domestic animal disease outbreak and the appropriate action to manage such risk. Additions or deletions of domestic animal diseases of public health significance to or from the list of dangerous transmissible diseases shall be jointly determined by the department and the Department of Health.
(d) Designation of additional dangerous transmissible diseases through temporary order.--Upon the determination that a transmissible disease not listed in subsection (a) and not designated a dangerous transmissible disease through regulation under subsection (b) presents a danger to public health, to domestic animal health, to the safety or quality of the food supply or to the economic well-being of the domestic animal industries, the department shall issue a temporary order proclaiming that transmissible disease to be a dangerous transmissible disease within the meaning of this chapter. This chapter shall be applicable to that dangerous transmissible disease as of the date of actual or constructive notice of the order or any later date specified in that order. The department shall publish such an order in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within 20 days of its issuance. Publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin shall effect constructive notice. The temporary order shall remain in effect for a period not to exceed one year, unless reissued, or until the transmissible disease is designated to be a dangerous transmissible disease through regulation under subsection (b), whichever occurs first.
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1996, July 11, P.L. 561, No. 100, § 1, effective in 60 days.
3 Pa.C.S.A. § 2321, PA ST 3 Pa.C.S.A. § 2321
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