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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="24-107" title_number="24" title_name="Miscellaneous Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Exotic Birds">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a bird dies while in the possession of a permit holder, the permit holder shall freeze the bird immediately.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Secretary of Health shall specify the methods for handling, treating, and destroying any bird that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Dies while in the possession of a permit holder; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In a case that involves psittacosis or any other disease that is contagious to human beings:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Has the disease;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is suspected of having the disease;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Is suspected of being a carrier of the disease;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Has been exposed to the disease; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Is kept at the same facility where the disease is discovered or suspected.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In a case that involves velogenic visertrophic Newcastle disease or any other disease that is contagious to domestic animals or poultry, the State Secretary of Agriculture shall specify the methods for handling, treating, and destroying any bird that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has the disease;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is suspected of having the disease;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is suspected of being a carrier of the disease;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Has been exposed to the disease; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Is kept at the same facility where the disease is discovered or suspected.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
