1. 1. The department is authorized and directed to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and other agencies and departments of the state of Missouri in the suppression, eradication and control of bovine brucellosis in this state.
2. 2. The department is authorized and empowered to make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of sections 267.470 to 267.550, and may waive the signing of individual agreements by cattle owners on areawide or countywide control and eradication programs.
3. 3. The department in performing the duties and exercising the powers vested in it under sections 267.470 to 267.550 is empowered to enter, during usual working hours, any premises, barns, stables, sheds, vehicles, or other places where cattle are kept, or plants where milk or cream is received or collected, for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of sections 267.470 to 267.550.

(L. 1955 p. 5 § 267.270)