A. Whenever the State Veterinarian finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or welfare or to protect farmed or native cervidae from any animal disease or pest, the State Veterinarian may without notice or hearing issue an order that shall be effective upon issuance, reciting the existence of an emergency and requiring that immediate action be taken to meet the emergency.
B. Any person to whom an emergency order is directed shall comply immediately but may request an administrative enforcement hearing within fifteen (15) days after the order is served.
C. The administrative enforcement hearing shall be held by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry within ten (10) working days after receipt of the request.
D. With the input of the Department of Wildlife Conservation, the State Board of Agriculture shall affirm, revoke, or modify the emergency order based on the hearing record.
E. Any person aggrieved by the final order may, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, petition for a judicial review of the final order.
F. The appeal when docketed shall have priority over all cases pending on the docket, other than criminal.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 138, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.