2.0.10. If the Minister has reasonable cause to believe that an agent posing a high risk of propagation in a sector or in the whole territory of Québec is present, he may, by order and for a period not exceeding 30 days, require that any measure making it possible to contain or prevent the propagation of the agent be put in place, in all or part of the territory, and require that any fact indicating the presence of the agent be reported to the person he designates.
If an analysis confirms that such an agent is present or if the Minister is of the opinion, based on an epidemiologic study, that such an agent is present and that, in such cases, the situation requires that measures be implemented immediately, the Minister may require, by order and for a period not exceeding 60 days, that the measures necessary for the surveillance or control of the agent be put in place, in all or part of the territory of Québec, in particular(1) reporting any fact indicating the presence of the agent;
(2) submitting an animal to a screening test;
(3) regulating or ending activities that cause animals to be assembled or activities for the production or distribution of animal feed or bedding;
(4) quarantining or segregating an animal;
(5) controlling movement into and out of a place of custody;
(6) vaccinating an animal;
(7) disposing of an animal carcass;
(8) prohibiting the sale of any animal product or by-product; and
(9) cleaning and disinfecting a place of custody of an animal.
Any measure whose implementation is required under the second paragraph may be renewed by the Minister for a single period not exceeding 30 days.
An order made under this section must contain a statement of the Minister’s reasons and specify the territory concerned and the measures that must be put in place. It shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec and come into force on the date of its publication. It shall also be disseminated by any means allowing the persons concerned to be rapidly and efficiently informed. It is not subject to the publication requirement set out in section 8 of the Regulations Act (chapter R-18.1).
2024, c. 272024, c. 27, s. 61.