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Laboratory Services Fees Regulations

made under

Section 195 of the

Agriculture and Marketing Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 6

N.S. Reg. 47/2020 (effective April 1, 2020)

amended to N.S. Reg. 94/2026 (effective April 13, 2026)

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Waiver of fees

Fees do not include applicable taxes

Fees for animal health services

Fees for serology testing

Fees for dairy services

Administration fees

Tests carried out immediately or outside regular hours

Fees for tests not listed

Fees for registered farms

Fees for referred testing

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Laboratory Services Fees Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Department laboratory” means a laboratory operated by the Department, and

includes all of the following:

(i) [repealed]

(ii) animal health services laboratory,

(iii) dairy services laboratory;

“livestock animal” means any of the following:

(

i) cattle,

(ii) sheep,

(iii) goats,

(iv) poultry,

(

v) rabbits raised for meat production,

(vi) llamas,

(vii) alpacas,

(viii) fur-bearing animals from a fur farm licensed under the Fur Industry

Act ,

(ix) deer farm animals from a deer farm licensed under the Wildlife Act ,

(

x) wildlife from a game farm licensed under the Wildlife Act ;

“regular hours of operation” means the period between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, during which the Department laboratory is

open;

“related animals” means carcasses of livestock animals that

(

i) were of the same general age and exhibited the same disease

symptoms, and

(ii) are submitted for testing services by an owner on the same day.

Waiver of fees

3 The Minister may exempt a person from any provision of these regulations requiring

payment for testing services.

Fees do not include applicable taxes

4 The fees prescribed in these regulations do not include any applicable taxes.

5 [repealed]

6 [repealed]

7 [repealed]

Fees for animal health services

8 The fees for testing carried out by the animal health services laboratory are as set out in

the following table:

Postmortem Examination

Category

Fee

single livestock animal, weighing less than 100 kg

$56.96

single livestock animal, weighing 100 kg or more

$171.04

up to 3 related animals weighing less than 100 kg each (except

up to 6 poultry or fur bearing animals)

$114.09

horse

$213.78

horse fetus, or foal up to 6 months

$114.09

animal other than livestock animal

$153.65

Histology

Category

Fee

slide preparation per slide—stained (no

interpretation)

$13.78

slide preparation per slide—unstained (no

interpretation)

$9.96

biopsy/tissue single slide with

interpretation

$60.00

biopsy/tissue, 2–5 slides with

interpretation

$90.00

biopsy/tissue for more than 5 slides with

interpretation

$110.00

other special stains

$41.04

decalcification

$15.48

recuts per slide—stained

$5.61

recuts per slide—unstained

$2.87

wax block

$8.96

Parasitology

Category

Fee

flotation

$16.00

McMaster

$16.00

direct fecal examination

$12.31

Giardia / Cryptosporidia

$42.31

Cryptosporidia stain

$36.61

Microbiology

Category

Fee

udder health sample

$11.39

avian environmental

- fluff/litter/feeds screening

$34.48

- peptone screening

$34.26

- CFIA culture

$73.74

food environmental

- Listeria / Salmonella screening

$34.48

- Listeria / Salmonella culture confirmation

$36.48

antibiotic residue KIS test

$19.48

bacteriology

- culture and sensitivity

$50.00

Fees for serology testing

9 The fees for serology testing carried out by a Department laboratory are as set out in the

following table:

Serology

Category

Fee

ELISA testing

- Avian Encephalomyelitis (AE)

$5.83

- Avian Reovirus (REO)

$5.17

- Chicken Anemia Virus (CAV)

$5.83

- Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBD)

$5.17

- Infectious Bursal Diseases–XR (IBDXR)

$5.17

- Newcastle Antibody

$4.78

Mycoplasma gallisepticum / synoviae (MSMG)

$4.83

Fees for dairy services

10 The fees for testing carried out by the dairy services laboratory are as set out in the

following table:

Antibiotic Testing

Category

Fee

Charm Trio

$50.39

Cheese

Category

Fee

E. coli /coliform

$33.61

Staphylococcus aureus

$37.39

Administration fees

11 The following table sets out fees for administrative services by a Department laboratory:

Common Fees

Category

Fee

reprinting/copy of report

$4.00

environmental disposal fee

$1.00

carcass disposal, weighing less than 100 kg

$5.00

carcass disposal, weighing 100 kg or more

$10.00

forensic post mortem

$300.00 per

hour, plus

expenses

Tests carried out immediately or outside regular hours

12 The fees for tests carried out, on request, either immediately or outside regular hours of

operation are as follows:

(

a) for a test carried out immediately, but within the regular hours of operation,

2 times the fee set out in these regulations for the test;

(

b) for a test carried out outside the regular hours of operation, the fee set out in

these regulations for the test, plus an additional fee of $126.00.

Fees for tests not listed

13 If a test is required that is not identified in these regulations, the fee for the test is based

on the cost of labour and materials to perform the test.

Fees for registered farms

14 Despite

Section 8, a fee payable under any of those Sections by a farm business or a farm

operation that holds a valid farm registration number under the Farm Registration Act is

50% of the fee prescribed.

Fees for referred testing

(1) The Department may refer testing to a laboratory not operated by the Department.

(2) The fee for testing that is carried out by a laboratory referred under subsection

(1) is the sum of all of the following:

(

a) the actual cost of the test;

(

b) a handling fee of $4.00;

(

c) shipping costs.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Laboratory Services Fees Regulations

N.S. Reg.

47/2020

Agriculture and Marketing Act

Note: The

information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is

compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Laboratory Services Fees Regulations made

under the Agriculture and Marketing Act includes

all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

47/2020

Apr 1, 2020

date specified

Apr 10, 2020

94/2026

Apr

13, 2026

date

specified

May 1,

The following regulations are not yet in force and are

not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

2, defn. of “Department laboratory” (i) ........................................................

rep. 94/2026

5-7 .....................................................

rep. 94/2026

10 ......................................................

am. 94/2026

12(1) .................................................

ra. as 12 94/2026

12 ......................................................

ra. from 12(1) 94/2026

14 ......................................................

am. 94/2026

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

Note

Effective

date

Original text does not include any other subsections in

Section 12. Subsection 12(1)

redesignated as

Section 12 for the purposes of this consolidation.

(corrected by N.S. Reg. 94/2026)

Repealed and Superseded:

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

12/2016

Laboratory Services Fees Regulations

Feb 1,

Apr 1,

46/2019

Laboratory Services Fees Regulations

Apr 1,

Apr 1,

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.