2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 77 - Animals and Livestock
Article 4 - Eradication of Scabies
Section 77-4-1 - Disease eradication; rules.
77-4-1. Disease eradication; rules.
The board shall determine the existence of and employ the most efficient and practical means to prevent, suppress, control and eradicate the disease known as mange or scabies or any other disease among livestock and to direct and regulate the handling or treating of any livestock when infected or that it may have good reason to believe has been exposed to any of the diseases; to make and adopt quarantine and sanitary rules that, so far as practicable, conform to the regulations of the United States department of agriculture as they may be from time to time promulgated; and to create and define districts within which such disease exists. In determining the districts within this state in which such disease from time to time exists, the board shall cooperate with the United States department of agriculture. The costs of treatment of livestock pursuant to this section are the responsibility of the owner of the livestock.
History: Laws 1905, ch. 31, 1; Code 1915, 98; Laws 1927, ch. 36, 1; C.S. 1929, 4-1001; 1941 Comp., 49-401; 1953 Comp., 47-4-1; Laws 1993, ch. 248, 34; 1999, ch. 282, 31.
