2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-6-2. Official livestock and poultry disease control agency - Authority of State Veterinarian.

A. The State Board of Agriculture shall be the official livestock and poultry disease control agency of the State of Oklahoma. The Board shall have authority to promulgate and enforce rules governing the handling, sale, and use of vaccines, antigens, and other biological products used in connection with livestock or poultry.

B. In addition to other statutory authority, the State Veterinarian, upon obtaining concurrence of the State Board of Agriculture, may issue emergency orders governing animals in order to protect the citizens and animals of the state from diseases and pests of animals, including the following to:

1. Prohibit or impose conditions on importing animals into the state;

2. Require testing of animals;

3. Require vaccination or other treatment of animals;

4. Prohibit or impose conditions on moving animals within the state;

5. Govern the disposition of animals; and

6. Impose other measures governing animals to protect the citizens and animals of the state from diseases and pests of animals.

C. Emergency orders issued pursuant to this section shall expire on the date set in the order or upon the elapse of ninety (90) days; however, the State Veterinarian may renew the order for successive ninety–day periods.

Added by Laws 1955, p. 42, art. 6(A), § 2. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 31, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2010, c. 103, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 2010.