P-42 - Animal Health Protection Act

Section 55.9 Disposition versions

2024-10-08

55.9. The Government may make regulations to

(1)  prescribe conditions for the issue and renewal of permits, the form of permits and the fees therefor;

(2)  exempt a class of persons from holding a permit for the preparation of a medicinal food for his own animals;

(2.1)  determine classes of permits among the permits that the Minister may issue under the first paragraph of section 55.2 and the rights, conditions and restrictions relating to each class;

(3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4)  prescribe standards applicable to the organization, management and operation of any establishment operated under a permit;

(4.1)  prescribe standards respecting the composition, quality and medication or substance content of medicinal premixes or medicinal food. With regard to medication content, the standards may vary according to the type of medication used and the medication content prescribed in the veterinary prescription or, in the absence of a prescription, in another document designated in the regulation; with regard to substance content, the standards may vary according to the weight of the medicinal premix or medicinal food;

(4.2)  prescribe standards applicable to the labelling of medicinal premixes or medicinal food and prescribe the mandatory inscriptions with respect to their ingredients or the waiting period applicable to the medications they contain;

(5)  determine the qualifications required of a person applying for a permit and of an employee assigned to activities for which a permit is required;

(6)  prescribe procedures for the storage and preservation of medications, medicinal premixes and medicinal foods intended for a species or category of animal;

(7)  prohibit or restrict the possession or administration, subject to the conditions the Government determines, of certain medications with respect to species or categories of animals;

(7.1)  determine the books, accounts, registers, reports or other documents, including the supporting documents, that must be kept or provided by a person or class of persons who prescribe, administer, acquire, sell or provide medications, medicinal premixes or medicinal foods, the information they must contain and the manner in which they are to be sent;

(7.2)  determine the information that the seller of a species or category of animal must provide to a buyer and the manner in which it is to be sent;

(8)  prescribe standards respecting advertising by a permit holder;

(9)  (subparagraph repealed);

(10)  prescribe methods, conditions and modalities respecting the taking and analysis of samples of a medication, medicinal premix or medicinal food or of any substance taken from an animal and determine where the sample or specimen must be sent for analysis, fix fees for the taking of samples or their analysis and for inspection, and determine the persons who are to pay the fees and the cases and manner in which the fees are to be paid;

(11)  (subparagraph repealed).

1986, c. 53, s. 17; 1991, c. 61, s. 19; 2000, c. 40, s. 27; 2024, c. 27, s. 48.

2000-11-15

55.9. The Government may make regulations to

(1)  prescribe conditions for the issue and renewal of permits, the form of permits and the fees therefor;

(2)  exempt a class of persons from holding a permit for the preparation of a medicinal food for his own animals;

(2.1)  determine classes of permits among the permits that the Minister may issue under the first paragraph of section 55.2 and the rights, conditions and restrictions relating to each class;

(3)  prescribe the books, accounts, registers and other documents to be maintained and kept by a permit holder and the place where he must keep them, the reports he must make to the Minister, the information the reports must contain and the time when they must be filed;

(4)  prescribe standards applicable to the organization, management and operation of any establishment operated under a permit;

(4.1)  prescribe standards respecting the composition, quality and medication or substance content of medicinal premixes or medicinal food. With regard to medication content, the standards may vary according to the type of medication used and the medication content prescribed in the veterinary prescription or, in the absence of a prescription, in another document designated in the regulation; with regard to substance content, the standards may vary according to the weight of the medicinal premix or medicinal food;

(4.2)  prescribe standards applicable to the labelling of medicinal premixes or medicinal food and prescribe the mandatory inscriptions with respect to their ingredients or the waiting period applicable to the medications they contain;

(5)  determine the qualifications required of a person applying for a permit and of an employee assigned to activities for which a permit is required;

(6)  prescribe procedures for the storage and preservation of medications, medicinal premixes and medicinal foods in the possession of a permit holder;

(7)  prohibit or restrict the administering of certain medications to categories of animals;

(8)  prescribe standards respecting advertising by a permit holder;

(9)  (subparagraph repealed);

(10)  prescribe methods, conditions and modalities respecting the taking and analysis of samples of a medication, medicinal premix or medicinal food or of any substance taken from an animal and determine where the sample or specimen must be sent for analysis, fix fees for the taking of samples or their analysis and for inspection, and determine the persons who are to pay the fees and the cases and manner in which the fees are to be paid;

(11)  determine, among the provisions of a regulation passed under this section, those provisions the contravention of which is punishable under section 55.43.

The Government shall publish a draft regulation in the Gazette officielle du Québec with a notice to the effect that at the expiry of a period of at least 45 days after the publication, the regulation may be made with or without amendments. The regulation comes into force 15 days after its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date fixed therein.

1986, c. 53, s. 17; 1991, c. 61, s. 19; 2000, c. 40, s. 27.

1999-04-01

55.9. The Government may make regulations to

(1)  prescribe conditions for the issue and renewal of permits, the form of permits and the fees therefor;

(2)  exempt a class of persons from holding a permit for the preparation of a medicinal food for his own animals;

(2.1)  determine classes of permits among the permits that the Minister may issue under the first paragraph of section 55.2 and the rights, conditions and restrictions relating to each class;

(3)  prescribe the books, accounts, registers and other documents to be maintained and kept by a permit holder and the place where he must keep them, the reports he must make to the Minister, the information the reports must contain and the time when they must be filed;

(4)  prescribe standards applicable to the organization, management and operation of any establishment operated under a permit;

(4.1)  prescribe standards respecting the composition, quality and medication or substance content of medicinal premixes or medicinal food. With regard to medication content, the standards may vary according to the type of medication used and the medication content prescribed in the veterinary prescription or, in the absence of a prescription, in another document designated in the regulation; with regard to substance content, the standards may vary according to the weight of the medicinal premix or medicinal food;

(5)  determine the qualifications required of a person applying for a permit and of an employee assigned to activities for which a permit is required;

(6)  prescribe procedures for the storage and preservation of medications, medicinal premixes and medicinal foods in the possession of a permit holder;

(7)  prohibit or restrict the administering of certain medications to categories of animals;

(8)  prescribe standards respecting advertising by a permit holder;

(9)  (subparagraph repealed);

(10)  prescribe methods, conditions and modalities respecting the taking and analysis of samples of a medication, medicinal premix or medicinal food or of any substance taken from an animal and determine where the sample or specimen must be sent for analysis;

(11)  determine, among the provisions of a regulation passed under this section, those provisions the contravention of which is punishable under section 55.43.

The Government shall publish a draft regulation in the Gazette officielle du Québec with a notice to the effect that at the expiry of a period of at least 45 days after the publication, the regulation may be made with or without amendments. The regulation comes into force fifteen days after its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date fixed therein.

1986, c. 53, s. 17; 1991, c. 61, s. 19.

1986-09-03

55.9. The Government may make regulations to

(1)  prescribe conditions for the issue and renewal of permits, the form of permits and the fees therefor;

(2)  exempt a class of persons from holding a permit for the preparation of a medicinal food for his own animals;

(3)  prescribe the books, accounts and registers to be kept by a permit holder and the place where he must keep them, the reports he must make to the Minister, the information the reports must contain and the time when they must be filed;

(4)  prescribe standards applicable to the organization, management and operation of any establishment operated under a permit;

(5)  determine the qualifications required of a person applying for a permit and of an employee assigned to activities for which a permit is required;

(6)  prescribe procedures for the storage and preservation of medications, medicinal premixes and medicinal foods in the possession of a permit holder;

(7)  prohibit or restrict the administering of certain medications to categories of animals;

(8)  prescribe standards respecting advertising by a permit holder;

(9)  prescribe modalities of inspection, seizure or confiscation;

(10)  prescribe methods, conditions and modalities respecting the taking and analysis of samples of a medication, medicinal premix or medicinal food or of any substance taken from an animal and determine where the sample or specimen must be sent for analysis;

(11)  determine, among the provisions of a regulation passed under this section, those provisions the contravention of which is punishable under section 55.43.

The Government shall publish a draft regulation in the Gazette officielle du Québec with a notice to the effect that at the expiry of a period of at least forty-five days after the publication, the regulation may be made with or without amendments. The regulation comes into force fifteen days after its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date fixed therein.

1986, c. 53, s. 17.