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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="18-219" title_number="18" title_name="Disease Prevention" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Reports; Preventive Actions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary may prohibit the importation, selling, trading, purchasing, bartering, breeding, raising, keeping, or possession of any animals found to be dangerous to human health and safety.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Domestic cats;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Domestic dogs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Domestic ferrets;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Animals used for agricultural purposes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Animals used for scientific purposes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Animals used for educational purposes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Animals used for public exhibitions; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Any animal that the Secretary determines is not a threat to human health and safety.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section may not be construed to prohibit the breeding, raising, keeping, or possession of turtles by a person who has obtained a permit under Title 10, Subtitle 9 of the Natural Resources Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
