Mont. Admin. R. 32.5.102 - LABORATORY PROCEDURES AND FEES

(1) Information concerning procedures able to be performed and fees for laboratory services may be obtained by writing the laboratory at PO Box 997, Bozeman, MT, 59771-0997, or calling (406) 994-4885.

(2) Fees will be charged for procedures performed on livestock specimens which are requested in order to qualify the livestock for show, sale, shipment across state or international lines, artificial insemination purposes, or for procedures which are within the capability of the submitting veterinarian to perform in his/her own facilities.

(3) Fees will be charged for procedures performed on livestock specimens which are submitted because of known or suspected exposure to disease or to obtain laboratory data to aid in disease diagnosis of specific animals, except when those procedures are necessitated by an imminent concern for public health, as determined by the state veterinarian or the administrator of the laboratory, or their respective designees.

(4) Fees will be charged for procedures performed on non-animal materials when such are submitted to aid in disease diagnosis involving specific livestock, except when those procedures are necessitated by an imminent concern for public health, as determined by the state veterinarian or the administrator of the laboratory, or their respective designees.

(5) Fees will be charged for procedures performed on specimens from non-livestock animals except when those procedures are necessitated by an imminent concern for public health, as determined by the state veterinarian or the administrator of the laboratory, or their respective designee.

(6) Fees for procedures performed on specimens submitted from out of state may be higher than those for procedures performed on the same specimens coming from livestock or other animals within the state.

(7) Fees will not be charged for procedures performed on additional or supplemental specimens requested by the laboratory to confirm or verify procedure(s) results on a previously submitted specimen, or to establish baseline data for a procedure. However, fees will be charged for additional or supplemental specimens that are requested or required by the laboratory or state veterinarian to determine absence or presence of disease in a herd, or for other similar regulatory reasons.

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Mont. Admin. R. 32.5.102

NEW, 1980 MAR p. 1083, Eff. 3/28/80; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 3412, Eff. 12/8/00.

Sec. 81-2-102 MCA; IMP, Sec. 81-2-102 MCA;