Iowa § 163.15 - 163.15 Tuberculosis — program of eradication.
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§ 163.15. 163.15 Tuberculosis — program of eradication.
If the secretary of agriculture determines that the outbreak of the infectious or contagious disease tuberculosis among an animal population constitutes a threat to the general welfare or the public health of the inhabitants of this state, the secretary shall formulate a program of eradication which shall include the condemnation and destroying of the animals exposed to or afflicted with the disease tuberculosis. The program shall not be effective until the program has been approved by the executive council. [SS15, §2538-1a – 8a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2657; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.15] 2002 Acts, ch 1101, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1163, §7, 8; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §29 – 32, 158; 2015 Acts, ch 133, §3 – 6; 2025 Acts, ch 156, §29, 30 Referred to in §163.51 Section amended Thu Dec 11 18:41:10 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 163.15 (34, 4)
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