1456                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 [Ch. 6

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SEC. 3-105. POWERS OF SECRETARY TO PREVENT THE SPREAD
OF CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

(A) IN GENERAL.

TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS
DISEASES, THE SECRETARY, OR HIS AGENT, MAY:

(1) VISIT AT ANY TIME THE LOCATION IN ANY
COUNTY WHERE HE HAS [[REASONS]] REASON TO BELIEVE ANY
CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE MAY EXIST;

(2) TEST ANY ANIMAL FOR ANY CONTAGIOUS
DISEASE BY ANY METHOD;

(3)   ORDER EVERY ANIMAL WHICH HAS BEEN
EXPOSED TO A CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE TO BE
ISOLATED IN THE MANNER HE DEEMS NECESSARY TO PREVENT
THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE;

(4)     ORDER ANY LOCATION WHERE ANY
CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE HAS EXISTED OR
PRESENTLY EXISTS TO BE QUARANTINED, SO THAT NO
DOMESTIC ANIMAL OF THE SAME SPECIES MAY BE REMOVED
FROM OR BROUGHT TO THE QUARANTINED PREMISES UNTIL IT
IS PROPERLY DISINFECTED;

(5)   ISSUE ANY ORDER HE DEEMS NECESSARY OR
EXPEDIENT TO PREVENT THE COMMUNICATION OF ANY
INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASE FROM THE QUARANTINED
AREA;

(6)     ISSUE AN ORDER REQUIRING THE
DESTRUCTION OF ANY ANIMAL INFECTED WITH OR EXPOSED TO
AN INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASE, AND FOR THE
PROPER DESTRUCTION OF ITS HIDE OR CARCASS, AND ANY
OBJECT WHICH MIGHT CARRY INFECTION OR CONTAGION;

(7)    ISSUE AN ORDER REQUIRING DISINFECTION
OF EVERY BUILDING, PREMISES, VEHICLE, AND EVERY OBJECT
WHICH MAY BREED OR CONVEY ANY INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS
DISEASE;

(8)   DESTROY ANY BUILDING OR ARTICLE THAT
IS CONTAMINATED AND INCAPABLE OF PROPER DISINFECTION;

(9)   MODIFY, CANCEL, OR WITHDRAW THE TERMS
OF ANY ORDER THE SECRETARY ISSUES PURSUANT TO THIS
SUBTITLE; AND