1. A person shall not interfere with an official act of the department taken in the performance of a duty to prevent or control the transmission of an infectious or contagious disease among a population or species of animals, if the official act is authorized as part of any of the following:
- a. A veterinary emergency preparedness and response service pursuant to section 163.3A.
- b. A foreign animal disease preparedness and response strategy pursuant to section 163.3C.
- c. An emergency measure pursuant to section 163.3D or 163.3E.
- 2. Under this section, an official act of the department may be performed by a departmental employee, or a veterinary or special assistant appointed pursuant to section 163.3G.
2020 Acts, ch 1036, §9, 16
Referred to in §163.61