§ 1 Definitions
§ 2 Powers and duties of director; orders
§ 3 Records of inspectors; forms
§ 4 Certification of documents by clerk
§ 5 Entry of orders, rules and regulations on records; publication
§ 6 Aid to director and inspectors by sheriffs, constables and police officers
§ 7 Entry on premises
§ 8 Hospitals and quarantine stations
§ 9 Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Animal Rescue League of Boston; agents; powers and duties
§ 10 Examination of persons under oath; mandatory attendance and testimony of witnesses
§ 11 Isolation or destruction of diseased animals; post mortem examination
§ 13A Destruction of animals affected with scrapie; partial compensation
§ 14 Destruction of animals affected with foot and mouth disease; disinfection or destruction of buildings
§ 14A Quarantine or destruction of animals affected with vesicular stomatitis or vesicular exanthema
§ 14B Feeding garbage to swine
§ 14C Hog cholera; slaughtering of hogs; payment to owners
§ 14D Hogs affected with brucellosis; quarantine and testing
§ 14E Breeding, feeder or slaughter swine imported into commonwealth
§ 15 Inspector of animals; appointment
§ 16 Refusal or neglect of town to appoint inspector; appointment by director
§ 17 Oath of inspectors; compensation; reimbursement of towns
§ 18 Duties of inspectors; training; enforcement
§ 19 Inspections of domestic animals
§ 20 Certificate of healthy condition
§ 21 Quarantine of diseased animals; notice or order; records
§ 22 Service of notice or order of quarantine; return; evidence
§ 22A Dogs owned by police departments or agencies
§ 23 Examination of buildings; report
§ 24 Notice of quarantine
§ 25 Records of inspectors of animals; returns
§ 26 Application of chapter to inspectors in Boston
§ 26A Shipping cattle into commonwealth without inspection; certificate of health
§ 26B Hatching eggs; baby chicks or live poultry; restriction on sale, transportation or importation
§ 27 Seizure, quarantine and destruction of imported diseased animals
§ 28 Notice of contagious disease to director
§ 29 Expense of quarantine
§ 30 Effect of quarantine; release; violation of quarantine; penalty
§ 31 Damages; arbitration; petition for assessment of damages
§ 31A Shipping or delivering tuberculin within commonwealth; statement as to use; application to common carriers
§ 32 Use of tuberculin as diagnostic agent; tests
§ 33 Compensation for animals reacting to tuberculin test; appraisals
§ 33A Identification of reacting bovine animals; removal of tag; disposition of tagged animals
§ 33B Declaration of quarantine areas; tuberculin tests of bovine animals; modified accredited areas; violation of terms of quarantine
§ 33C Declaration of quarantine area; tests for brucellosis of bovine animals; modified certified brucellosis free area; violation of terms of quarantine
§ 33D Tests for detection of brucellosis; identification of animals; destruction
§ 34 Compensation to violators of regulations
§ 35 Driving certain cattle on public ways or roads
§ 36 Notice of contagious diseases
§ 36B Vaccination of female calves; identification of positive reactors; transportation of unvaccinated bovine animals
§ 36D Importation of vaccinated animals; conditions
§ 36E Importation of unvaccinated female cattle over five months of age
§ 36F Brucellosis, imported cattle, blood testing
§ 36G Reimbursement of owners for slaughter of animals reacting positively to blood test for brucellosis; appraisal
§ 36H Waiver of compliance with Secs. 36B, 36D to 36F
§ 37 Enforcement actions; jurisdiction of commissioner of agriculture, district and superior courts
§ 38 Annual report
§ 39 Licensing of persons dealing in bovine and porcine animals; fee
§ 39A Pet shops; licensing operation; animal health inspections
§ 39B Guard dog businesses; licenses
§ 39C Hearing dog business; licenses
§ 39D Hearing dog business; access to public facilities
§ 39E Livestock auction business; licenses
§ 39F Service dogs; trainer rights
§ 39G Official health certificate requirement for dog or cat brought or shipped into commonwealth; purchase of animal for resale; vaccination record; devocalization prohibited
§ 40 License plates for vehicles used for transportation of bovine or porcine animals; fee; revocation
§ 40A Hog cholera vaccine; prohibited use
§ 41 Bill of sale or memorandum signed by owner of persons transporting bovine animals; exhibition on demand
§ 42 Tagging bovine animal with identification tag
§ 43 Penalties for violation of Secs. 39 to 42
§ 44 Testing of imported equine animals for infectious anemia; certification
§ 44A Destruction or quarantine of infected equine animals
§ 45 License to deal in or auction equine animals
§ 46 License plates for vehicles transporting equine animals
§ 47 Bill of sale or memorandum
§ 48 Violations, penalties

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