Missouri · statute · Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 269 · 29 active provisions
As used in this chapter, the following terms mean: (1) "Animal", cattle, swine, sheep, horses, other domestic and exotic animals including birds, fish, and reptiles, and all other animals raised or produced for commercial purposes, and beginning July 1, 1995, the term shall include poultry and turkeys; (2) "Body parts"…
1. Every person owning or caring for any animal that has died from any cause shall dispose of the animal carcass within twenty-four hours after knowledge of such death, either by arranging for a person permitted under this chapter to dispose of or transport it, or by the owner or person entitled to such body causing th…
In the event of large scale animal death loss due to disaster, a disease outbreak, or a disease eradication and control program that will require disposal in excess of the restrictions of section 269.020, the state veterinarian shall develop an emergency plan of disposal for the carcasses. Upon request of the state vet…
The director shall promulgate such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to implement this act* and provide for its orderly administration. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.0…
1. The director shall have the power to authorize certain employees of the department or employees of the United States Department of Agriculture to assist in the enforcement of this chapter. 2. In connection with such enforcement, such authorized employees may intercept, stop and detain for official inspection or inqu…
1. The director, upon his own information or upon the complaint of any person, may institute an investigation including the inspection of any premises or vehicle upon which any dead animal except wildlife taken under the Missouri wildlife code is or may be found, and if any violation of this chapter is deemed to exist…
No person, except one holding a permit to transport the bodies of dead animals on public highways of this state, or who is acting for such permittee, or who is otherwise excepted by the provisions of this chapter, shall transport on the highways or public roads of this state the bodies of dead animals without first obt…
No person, except one holding a permit to operate or maintain a dead animal substation in this state, shall operate or maintain a dead animal substation in this state. The state veterinarian shall keep a record of all applications for permits, showing all permits issued, denied, revoked, or otherwise disciplined by him…
Any person desiring a permit under this chapter to engage or continue in the business of transporting dead animals, shall file an application for such permit with the state veterinarian, which application shall set forth the name and residence of the applicant, the location of his place of business, the particular meth…
Any person desiring a permit to operate or maintain a dead animal substation as provided for in this chapter, shall file an application for such permit with the state veterinarian, which application shall set forth the name and residence of the applicant, the location of his place of business, the particular method, or…
Upon receipt of a permit application, the state veterinarian shall, within thirty days, ascertain whether or not such applicant is qualified to operate such vehicle or substation, and that if the equipment or substation to be used and the proposed methods of operation comply with all the provisions of this chapter and…
Whenever the state veterinarian, by his initial inspection of the applicant's equipment or substation and his initial review of the applicant's proposed methods of operation, *shall find that the applicant has not complied with all the requirements of this chapter and of such rules and regulations* or shall find that t…
When the applicant has satisfied all requirements imposed by this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the state veterinarian shall issue to such applicant a permit, which shall be attached to each vehicle so used, which permit shall entitle him to operate each vehicle for the purpose of transporting dea…
When the applicant has satisfied all requirements imposed by this chapter the state veterinarian shall issue to such applicant a permit which shall entitle the applicant to operate a dead animal substation. The permit issued to the applicant shall bear the applicant's name, the substation location and identification nu…
1. Permits provided for in this chapter shall be granted only to those persons, corporations, and associations who are competent to operate or maintain a dead animal transportation service or dead animal substation in such manner as to safeguard the interest of the public and only then after the applicant has provided…
The state veterinarian is authorized to grant a permit or license permitting the bodies of dead animals to be transported over the highways of this state to a disposal plant located outside the boundaries of this state, with proper identification tags, to a resident truck owner upon the payment of a fee of twenty-five…
All vehicle permits and substation permits issued under this chapter shall remain effective until and unless voluntarily surrendered, suspended or revoked, as provided in this chapter.
1. The director shall have power to suspend, revoke or otherwise restrict or discipline a permittee under this chapter, in the event such permittee shall violate and fail or refuse to obey any of the provisions of this chapter; or in the event any permittee has been finally convicted of, found guilty of, or entered a g…
All vehicles and substations used in the transportation or holding of the bodies of dead animals, under the provisions of this chapter, shall have a tank or metal lining in the bed of such vehicle or substation, or be otherwise so constructed that the same shall be practically watertight, so that no drippings, or seepa…
The state veterinarian may prescribe specific and also additional requirements, not inconsistent with the provisions and purposes of this chapter, governing and regulating such transportation and the construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of such vehicles and substations.
No dead animal may remain at an unrefrigerated substation or a series of unrefrigerated substations for a period of more than forty-eight hours. All dead animals entering a substation in this state shall be disposed of according to the provisions of this chapter, taken to an authorized disposal facility, or permanently…
After the bodies of dead animals have been unloaded from any vehicle used for the transportation thereof to the disposal plant, on each trip, such vehicle and all parts thereof shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected in such manner and with such a solution, as the state veterinarian shall prescribe by regulation,…
Vehicles, when loaded with the body of an animal, shall be driven directly to a substation or to the place of disposal, except that the driver may stop to pick up other dead bodies, but he shall not drive upon the premises of any person unless he first obtains the permission of such person and he shall avoid creating a…
No disposal plant or dead animal substation shall be located or constructed at any place in this state inside of, or within two miles of the nearest point of the corporate limits of, any city or town; nor within one mile of the nearest boundary of the lands then owned or controlled in connection either with any state,…
No disposal plant shall be deemed a suitable or sanitary place for disposing of the bodies of dead animals by any process unless it conforms to the following minimum specifications: (1) The building must have four walls complete and be provided with concrete or cement floors and with good drainage and be thoroughly san…