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167.18 - DUTY TO DISPOSE OF DEAD BODIES.

        167.18  DUTY TO DISPOSE OF DEAD BODIES.
         1.  A person who has been caring for or who owns an animal that
      has died shall not allow the carcass to lie about the person's
      premises.  The carcass shall be disposed of within a reasonable time
      after death by composting, cooking, burying, or burning, as provided
      in this chapter, or by disposing of it, within the allowed time, to a
      person licensed to dispose of it.
         2.  Subsection 1 does not apply to a veterinarian, issued a valid
      license or a valid temporary permit by the Iowa board of veterinary
      medicine as provided in chapter 169, who contains a dead animal's
      carcass in a manner that prevents an outbreak of disease.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2761; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73,
      75, 77, 79, 81, § 167.18]
         Section History: Recent Form
         87 Acts, ch 96, § 1; 2009 Acts, ch 154, §2