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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 3. AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 7. DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ANIMAL HEALTH AND DIAGNOSTIC ACT
Date:
08/31/2009
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§ 430.5. Powers and duties of commission
The commission shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To adopt, issue, amend and rescind suitable rules and regulations
to carry out the provisions and purposes of this act.
(2) To hear and determine all grants allowable under this act.
(3) To receive funds from Federal, State and private sources, to
deposit the funds in an interest-bearing restricted revenue account
pursuant to section 4 and to authorize expenditures from this fund
for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act.
(4) To coordinate animal health, animal research and animal diagnostic
programs in this Commonwealth, including, but not limited to, those
programs conducted at The Pennsylvania State University, the Department
of Agriculture and the University of Pennsylvania: Provided, That this
coordination shall not affect the Department of Agriculture in
discharging its statutory and regulatory authority concerning the
prevention, control or eradication of dangerous transmissible diseases
of animals or birds.
(5) To make grants for, and acquire data regarding, animal health
research, including, but not limited to:
(i) the determination of long-term animal health trends within the
animal health industry, with emphasis upon those areas deemed most
critical to the animal agriculture producers, the nutrition and
health of the consumers and the quality of life in rural communities;
(ii) the prioritization of animal health research projects;
(iii) the maximization of receipt of grant funds from Federal
agencies for animal health research;
(iv) the maximization of receipt of funds from private sources
interested in animal health research;
(v) the distribution of funds for animal health research projects to
those institutions or agencies within the Commonwealth which conduct
contracted diagnostic work in animal health;
(vi) the evaluation of factors involved in animal health problems to
determine which are biologic in origin and which are caused by
improper livestock management;
(vii) the computerized compilation, maintenance, indexing and
dissemination of animal health research projects and results, where
available, especially in those cases where research was funded wholly
or partially by the Commonwealth;
(viii) the determination of the need for capital funding for research
facilities and equipment;
(ix) the conduct of annual surveys of the veterinary medical
profession, the food processing industries and businesses related to
livestock agriculture to isolate trends or circumstances which may
threaten animal or human health; and
(x) the exchange of biomedical research and information between human
health and animal health sources, including the isolation of animal
disease models.
(6) To make grants for, and acquire data regarding, animal disease
diagnosis, including, but not limited to:
(i) the development of a coordinated reporting and monitoring system
for animal disease diagnosis;
(ii) the development of toxicological capabilities, especially those
related to a drug detection program for horse racing and to a
determination of animal health problems because of the close
proximity of animal agriculture to mining and to oil and gas
drilling;
(iii) the expansion of diagnostic virology capabilities, especially
those related to virus isolation procedures; and
(iv) the determination of the need for capital funding for animal
disease diagnostic facilities and equipment.
(7) To make recommendations to the General Assembly and to the
Department of Agriculture regarding animal health research, animal
disease diagnosis and indemnification for losses caused by animal
disease.
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