Oklahoma Code § 2-6-2

Authority of State Veterinarian.
A.  The State Board of Agriculture shall be the official
livestock and poultry disease control agency of the State of
Oklahoma.  The Board shall have authority to promulgate and enforce
rules governing the handling, sale, and use of vaccines, antigens,
and other biological products used in connection with livestock or
poultry.
B.  In addition to other statutory authority, the State
Veterinarian, upon obtaining concurrence of the State Board of
Agriculture, may issue emergency orders governing animals in order
to protect the citizens and animals of the state from diseases and
pests of animals, including the following to:
1.  Prohibit or impose conditions on importing animals into the
state;

2.  Require testing of animals;
3.  Require vaccination or other treatment of animals;
4.  Prohibit or impose conditions on moving animals within the
state;
5.  Issue stop movement orders for all livestock in the state to
determine the precise location of a foreign animal disease in
accordance with foreign animal disease response plans;
6.  Govern the disposition of animals; and
7.  Impose other measures governing animals to protect the
citizens and animals of the state from diseases and pests of
animals.
C.  Emergency orders issued pursuant to this section shall
expire on the date set in the order or upon the elapse of ninety
(90) days; however, the State Veterinarian may renew the order for
successive ninety–day periods.
D.  Any person providing training for the emergency management
of livestock or other animals for any circumstance, including, but
not limited to, disease, natural disaster, fire or other event,
shall obtain approval from the State Veterinarian.  The State
Veterinarian shall review all curriculum and may require changes to
the curriculum prior to approval of the person providing the
training.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 42, art. 6(A), § 2, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955.
Amended by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 31, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws
2010, c. 103, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 2010; Laws 2019, c. 114, §
1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.

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