Senate File 405 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 298)


    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:
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  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 a reasonable time after death by cooking,
  1  8 burying, or burning, as provided in this chapter, or by
  1  9 disposing of it, within the allowed time, to a person licensed
  1 10 to dispose of it.
  1 11    2.  Subsection 1 does not apply to a veterinarian, issued a
  1 12 valid license or a valid temporary permit by the Iowa board of
  1 13 veterinary medicine as provided in chapter 169, who contains a
  1 14 dead animal's carcass in a manner that prevents an outbreak of
  1 15 disease.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill amends provisions that require that a person who
  1 18 owns or cares for an animal dispose of the carcass within 24
  1 19 hours after death (Code section 167.18).  The bill provides
  1 20 that instead the disposal must occur within a reasonable time.
  1 21 The bill also provides an exception for a person who has been
  1 22 issued a license or temporary permit by the board of
  1 23 veterinary medicine.  The licensee or permit holder is
  1 24 required to contain the dead animal's carcass in a manner that
  1 25 prevents an outbreak of disease.
  1 26    A person who violates the Code section's prohibition is
  1 27 guilty of a simple misdemeanor or alternatively is subject to
  1 28 a civil penalty of between $100 and $1,000.  A simple
  1 29 misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than 30
  1 30 days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by
  1 31 both.
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