Section 345IAC10-2-1. Administration; waiver of provisions

   (a) General authority to administer the act has been delegated to the state veterinarian under the act. The state veterinarian may delegate any duty under the act to a board employee.

  (b) The state veterinarian may, in specific classes of cases, waive for limited periods any provisions of this article in order to permit appropriate and necessary action in the event of a national, state, or local emergency or to permit experimentation so that new procedures, equipment, and processing techniques may be tested to facilitate definite improvements, provided that such waivers of the provisions of the regulations are not in conflict with the purposes or provisions of the act. (Indiana State Board of Animal Health; Reg HMP 1R,CH B,Subpt B, Sec 1.3; filed Aug 13, 1973, 9:30 a.m.: Rules and Regs. 1974, p. 275; filed Dec 10, 1997, 11:30 a.m.: 21 IR 1318; filed Oct 30, 2000, 2:06 p.m.: 24 IR 684; readopted filed May 2, 2001, 1:45 p.m.: 24 IR 2895; readopted filed May 9, 2007, 3:16 p.m.: 20070516-IR-345070037RFA; readopted filed Aug 7, 2013, 8:32 a.m.: 20130904-IR-345130236RFA) NOTE: Transferred from the Indiana State Department of Health (410 IAC 10-2-1) to the Indiana State Board of Animal Health (345 IAC 10-2-1) by P.L.138-1996, SECTION 76, effective July 1, 1996.