Senate File 298 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY SENG Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for the disposal of dead animal bodies by 2 persons practicing veterinary medicine. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2085SS 83 5 da/nh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 167.18, Code 2009, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 167.18 DUTY TO DISPOSE OF DEAD BODIES. 1 4 1. A person who has been caring for or who owns an animal 1 5 that has died shall not allow the carcass to lie about the 1 6 person's premises. The carcass shall be disposed of within 1 7 twenty=four hours after death by cooking, burying, or burning, 1 8 as provided in this chapter, or by disposing of it, within the 1 9 allowed time, to a person licensed to dispose of it. 1 10 2. Subsection 1 does not apply to a veterinarian, issued a 1 11 valid license or a valid temporary permit by the Iowa board of 1 12 veterinary medicine as provided in chapter 169, who contains a 1 13 dead animal's carcass in a manner that prevents an outbreak of 1 14 disease. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill provides an exception from a requirement that a 1 17 person who owns or cares for an animal to dispose of its 1 18 carcass within 24 hours after death (Code section 167.18). 1 19 The exception would apply to a person who has been issued a 1 20 license or temporary permit by the board of veterinary 1 21 medicine. The person would be required to contain the dead 1 22 animal's carcass in a manner that prevents an outbreak of 1 23 disease. 1 24 A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a simple 1 25 misdemeanor or alternatively is subject to a civil penalty of 1 26 between $100 and $1,000. A simple misdemeanor is punishable 1 27 by confinement for no more than 30 days or a fine of at least 1 28 $65 but not more than $625 or by both. 1 29 LSB 2085SS 83 1 30 da/nh/8