Colorado § 35-50-108 - Mandatory reporting.
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§ 35-50-108. Mandatory reporting.
(1) Any person who knows or has reason to believe that any livestock that belongs to or is in the possession of such person, or any livestock upon such person's premises, has a reportable disease shall immediately report such disease to the state veterinarian.
(2) Whenever any veterinarian licensed in this state suspects a reportable disease in livestock of the state, such veterinarian shall immediately report such findings to the state veterinarian.
(3) Every licensed, accredited veterinarian making tests upon livestock for tuberculosis in this state, immediately after the tests are concluded, shall report the result of the tests of all such livestock tested to the state veterinarian.
(4) Diagnostic laboratories located within the state shall report all positive results of testing for reportable diseases.
(5) Every veterinarian licensed in this state shall report all positive results of any testing for reportable diseases.
(6) Any veterinarian who or diagnostic laboratory that reports, in good faith and in the normal course of business, disease test results pursuant to this section shall be immune from liability in any civil or criminal action brought against such veterinarian or diagnostic laboratory for reporting.
Source: L. 2005: Entire article R&RE, p. 451, § 1, effective December 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 35-50-125 as it existed prior to 2005.
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Section 35-50-108 ("Mandatory reporting.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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