Law No. 9308 on veterinary service and inspectorate.

The present Law makes provision on the organization, functioning and financing of the veterinary service and inspectorate, in order to attain the following objectives: (a) improvement of animal health and protection against transmisible diseases; (b) protection of public health against zoonotic diseases transmitted from animals; (c) protection of animals against cruelty and suffering.
The Law consists of the following Chapters: (I) General provisions; (II) Rights and obligations of the State, animal owners and other persons; (II) Veterinary Service Organization; (III) The competences of veterinary administration and the collaboration with the police; (IV) Competences of veterinary inspectorate; (V) Activities, rights and duties of the Veterinary Chamber; (VI) Contagious animal diseases, measures for control, notification, prevention and eradication; (VII) Veterinary provisions applied to control the outbreak of contagious disease; (VIII) Preventive sanitary and veterinary provisions during the transport of animals and the products of animal origin; (IX) Preventive provisions for international transport of animals, products of animal origin and other biologic products; (X) Sanitary provisions for the production, processing and trade of products of animal origin for human consumption and animal use; (XI) Veterinary provisions on animal reproduction; (XII) Environment protection; (XIII) Expenditures for the portection of animal health; (XIV) The Veterinarian Research Institute and the State Laboratory for the control of veterinary bioproducts; (XV) Final provisions.