ORS 599.335
Employment of veterinarian by licensee

  • authority
  • revocation of market operator’s license for failing to correct insanitary conditions

(1)

The licensee shall employ a veterinarian to perform all tests and make all examinations of animals required to be performed, carried out or made by the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(2)

Every assistant state veterinarian shall have authority and responsibility for the direction and control of the sanitary practices at such livestock auction market. The veterinarian shall notify in writing the licensee or managing agent of the licensee of insanitary conditions or practices. If the improper conditions or practices are not corrected in the time specified, the State Department of Agriculture shall take appropriate steps to revoke the market operator’s license.

(3)

If in the event of an emergency situation any licensee is unable to procure the services of a veterinarian under subsection (1) of this section, the licensee may apply to the department, and the department may furnish a person the department deems qualified to make the examinations required at a livestock auction market. In the event the services of such qualified person are utilized, and the person determines any animal shows any abnormality or sign of ill health, such person at once shall contact an assistant state veterinarian or deputy state veterinarian for further examinations. The licensee shall reimburse the department for the actual expenses incurred by the qualified person and the assistant state veterinarian or deputy state veterinarian for the further examinations. All animals determined by the qualified person to require further examinations by a veterinarian shall be detained in the pens described in ORS 599.295 (Pens for diseased animals) until released by the assistant state veterinarian or deputy state veterinarian.

(4)

If upon investigation the department finds that any veterinarian employed by the licensee is not discharging duties and responsibilities in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the department may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, disqualify such veterinarian from performing any further official functions in connection with such market. [1953 c.677 §13; 1971 c.578 §15; 1975 c.573 §1; 1979 c.807 §1; 1983 c.101 §4]

Source: Section 599.335 — Employment of veterinarian by licensee; authority; revocation of market operator’s license for failing to correct insanitary conditions, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors599.­html.

599.205
Definitions
599.215
Prohibitions
599.235
License fee
599.245
Licensee’s bond
599.251
Procedure on licensee’s default as to condition of bond
599.255
Suspension or revocation or refusal to issue or renew licenses
599.265
Market zone
599.269
Brand inspection required prior to public auction of cattle
599.273
Questions of livestock ownership and possession
599.275
Cattle and hogs in market zone to be kept in clean, disinfected and segregated pens
599.285
Floors in pens
599.295
Pens for diseased animals
599.305
Pens and facilities for handling, testing, treating or examining livestock
599.315
Regulation by department of testing, treating and examining of livestock
599.335
Employment of veterinarian by licensee
599.345
Weighing by weighmasters
599.355
Records to be kept by licensee
599.385
Enforcement procedures
599.395
Joint federal-state administration of chapter
599.401
Livestock auction market license required
599.406
License application
599.416
Hearing on license application
599.421
Matters to be considered in granting licenses
599.426
Issuance or denial of license
599.431
Renewal of license
599.485
Definition for ORS 599.490 and 599.495
599.490
Department may impose stockyard requirements to prevent spread of disease
599.495
Cooperative agreements with federal government under which state department carries out federal programs in livestock auction markets and stockyards
599.510
Prevention of competitive bidding prohibited
599.520
By-bids and fraudulent bids made to deceive bidders
599.530
Prohibited practices in sales of purebreds
599.540
Withdrawal of purebred livestock from sale
599.550
Milking dairy cows prior to sale
599.560
Affidavits as to time of milking
599.610
License requirements
599.620
Enforcement and regulations
599.630
Revocation, suspension or refusal to issue license
599.640
Compliance with ORS 599.610 and 599.620 required
599.991
Penalties
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