Section 75.15  Permits to Conduct Official Brucellosis Tests

a)         A permit to operate a laboratory to conduct blood serum agglutination tests for brucellosis will be issued when the applicant has:

1)         Completed a Department permit application and returned it to the Department.

2)         Received oral instruction on testing procedures from State-Federal Serology Laboratory personnel.

3)         Completed a check test conducted at the State-Federal Serology Laboratory of 100 bovine brucellosis serum samples, with a score of at least 90% accuracy.

b)         Retesting of the person permitted to operate a laboratory to conduct brucellosis tests will occur when tests performed by the permittee fail to disclose three or more reactors as determined by confirmation tests at the State-Federal Serology Laboratory.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)