Illinois § 9

§ 9.

Herd plan. When pseudorabies has been diagnosed in a swine herd, the herd owner shall enter into an approved herd plan with the Department within 90 days of issuance of the quarantine or the effective date of this Act. If an approved herd plan cannot be agreed upon between the Department and the herd owner, the Technical Committee shall recommend a plan. The Department shall monitor the progress of individual herd plans and coordinate testing and surveillance activities in the surrounding area as determined by epidemiological evidence, to detect and prevent the spread of the disease. If progress toward eliminating the infection is not made in accordance with the approved herd plan, the Technical Committee shall review the herd plan and herd performance history with the Department and the herd owner, and make specific recommendation for modifications to the approved herd plan and revised timetables for eliminating the infection. If the modified herd plan does not achieve the expected results, the Technical Committee may make further modifications to the herd plan as they deem necessary to accomplish the elimination of the disease or may recommend that the herd be depopulated. The Department may then order the depopulation of individual breeding swine or may order the entire herd to be slaughtered under a staged slaughtering plan which includes stated time frames. If a herd owner refuses to enter into an approved herd plan, to continue with an approved herd plan, or to enter into a modified plan, the Department shall hold an administrative hearing before depopulation occurs. Written notice of the hearing shall be given to the herd owner either by personal service or by certified mail 5 days before the hearing. If the Director, following the hearing, finds that the herd owner has refused to cooperate with an approved or modified and approved herd plan, the Director may order immediate depopulation of the entire herd without indemnification to the herd owner. (Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 7-19-95.)