LAC 51:IX.301 – Water Storage of Shellfish [formerly paragraph 9:005]

A. The water storage, cleansing, bedding or conditioning of shell stock shall not be permitted or practiced in water with a salt content less than that in which shell fish will naturally grow to maturity, and shall not be permitted or practiced on the following:
1. 1. [formerly paragraph 9:005-1] artificial bodies of water, unless the entering water has a bacteriological quality at all times at least equal to the U. S. Public Health Service standards for drinking water; or
2. 2. [formerly paragraph 9:005-2] natural bodies of water which are subject to either constant or intermittent pollution as disclosed by a sanitary survey, or any water in such proximity to dwellings, industrial plants, boats or docks that their cleanliness can be protected only by the strict observance of sanitary regulations by all persons in the vicinity.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4.A.(1) and R.S. 40:5.3.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1301 (June 2002).