NAC565.310. Enforcement; conflicts of interest.

     1. The Director shall train, equip and instruct enforcement officers to stop vehicles carrying animals and verify that the transportation of animals complies with all regulations. The Division may inspect any animal at any location at any time when there is probable cause to believe that a theft may be in progress, or strays or the natural drifting of neighboring herds of animals may cause commingling of the animals or at any time a brand inspection may be in the best interest of the industry.

     2. No employee may perform a brand inspection on any animal owned or to be purchased by the employee, his or her employer, any member of the employee’s household or his or her immediate family, or on any animal in which the employee, his or her employer, a member of the employee’s household or a member of his or her immediate family has any financial interest.

     [Dep’t of Agriculture, part Reg. No. 58, eff. 9-1-72; A 8-15-74; 2-25-77; 4-1-77]—(NAC A by Div. of Agriculture, 11-3-97; A by Dep’t of Agriculture by R213-05, 6-28-2006)