1. A. The commissioner may refuse to issue or renew a farm-raising license for any of the following circumstances:

   1. 1. the applicant cannot demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner a competency to operate an alternative livestock farm;
   2. 2. the applicant has failed to provide all of the information required in or with the farm-raising license or renewal application, or has provided false information to the department;
   3. 3. the applicant has previously refused to permit the department to inspect the farm or to inspect farm records or the applicant has otherwise failed to comply with part I of chapter 19-A of title 3 of the Revised Statutes, these rules and regulations, the written farm operation plan submitted to and approved by the department and any quarantine;
   4. 4. the department does not approve the farm operation plan;
   5. 5. the proposed farm does not pass the department's inspection;
   6. 6. the applicant has previously been found in violation of either part I of chapter 19-A of title 3 of the Revised Statutes, these rules and regulations, the written farm operation plan submitted to and approved by the department or any quarantine.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3101.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of the Commissioner, LR 24:282 (February 1998), amended LR 24:1673 (September 1998), repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Animal Health and Food Safety and the Board of Animal Health, LR 40:974 (May 2014), amended LR 42:1865 (November 2016).