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Indiana Code Title 15. Agriculture and Animals § 15-17-12-1

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 1. (a) A person may not use, offer for sale or exchange, or distribute any substance for the prevention or treatment of a contagious or infectious disease that:

(1) contains living germs in a virulent or attenuated state;  and

(2) may at any time cause an outbreak of a contagious or infectious disease;

unless the person has submitted a notice to the state veterinarian describing the substance.  The state veterinarian may require that a sample of the substance be submitted to the state veterinarian for examination.

(b) The state veterinarian may forbid the use of a substance that in the state veterinarian's judgment:

(1) jeopardizes the health of domestic animals;  or

(2) causes the masking of a diagnosis of a contagious or infectious disease.

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