(510 ILCS 65/6) (from Ch. 8, par. 956)
Sec. 6.
Administration and enforcement of Act.
The Department may
establish a program to control the spread of equine infectious anemia.
This program may include, but is not limited to, requiring negative tests
of equidae entering the State and requiring tests of any equidae within
the State that may have been exposed to equine infectious anemia or when
epidemiological evidence indicates that the animal may be a carrier of the
disease. The program may also include quarantining and
freezemark branding of known
reactors within the State. The Director may issue regulations,
consistent with the provisions of this Act, for the administration and
enforcement of this Act. These regulations shall be approved by
the
Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners.
The Department, in performing the duties vested in it under this Act, is
empowered to enter, during usual working hours, any vehicles, trailers,
premises, barns, stables, sheds, corrals, pastures or other places where
equidae are kept, for the purpose of administrating the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-223; 87-1268.)
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