241/2015

O.C. 798/2015

December 18, 2015

Animal Health Act; Ministry of Agriculture and Food Act

Laboratory Fees Regulation

Interpretation

In this regulation:

analyses includes taking samples and conducting tests and visual examinations;

chief veterinarian means the chief veterinarian under the Animal Health Act ;

designated animal means an animal designated under

section 3 [designated animals] as either a production animal or a public interest animal;

laboratory report means a report issued by a provincial laboratory stating the results of services performed with respect to a submission;

non-designated animal means an animal that is not a designated animal;

provincial laboratory means a laboratory designated as a provincial laboratory

for the purposes of

section 9 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Act , or

under

section 4 [provincial laboratory under Animal Health Act] of this regulation;

submission means

a single sample submitted to a provincial laboratory for analyses and testing, or

a group of samples submitted to a provincial laboratory for analyses and testing if

the samples are taken from no more than 3 animals, 8 birds or 5 fish,

the animals, birds or fish, in opinion of the chief veterinarian, show similar clinical signs of disease or, in the case of analyses or tests done for the purposes of the Animal Health Act , have been exposed to the same notifiable or reportable disease, and

iii

the provincial laboratory provides only one laboratory report

in respect of all of the samples in the group.

An animal is in critical distress for the purposes of the

Schedule if, in

the opinion of the chief veterinarian, the animal is in critical distress as

that term is defined in

section 12 (1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Act .

Application

Fees may be charged under this regulation in respect of submissions received

by a provincial laboratory on or after January 1, 2016.

Designated animals

An animal is designated as a production animal for the purposes of this

regulation if the chief veterinarian is satisfied that the animal is

kept or dealt with primarily for the purpose of producing animal

products or byproducts within the meaning of the Animal

Health Act , and

an alpaca, cattle, a goat, a llama, sheep or swine;

a fur bearing animal as defined in the Fur Farm

Regulation;

iii

game as defined in the Game Farm Regulation;

a rabbit, but only if kept or dealt with to produce meat for human

consumption or fur;

poultry, but only if kept or dealt with

for breeding,

to produce an animal product,

to produce eggs to be used to produce poultry that will be

kept or dealt with for a purpose described in clause (

A) or

(B);

a fish raised in a containment system, if the raising of the fish

is regulated by the Provincial or federal government.

An animal is designated as a public interest animal for the purposes of

this regulation if the chief veterinarian is satisfied that the animal is one of

the following:

an animal within the meaning of the Animal

Health Act that is used for public display or

educational purposes at a facility accredited by

Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums - Aquariums et Zoos

Accr dit s du Canada, or

the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (United States of

America);

a wild animal, bird or fish if a submission is made in respect of the

animal, bird or fish by a public official acting under an enactment of

Canada;

an animal within the meaning of the Animal

Health Act if a submission is made in respect of

the animal by a person authorized to act on behalf of

the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Animals,

an institution or a university within the meaning of the College and Institute

Act , or

iii

an organization that the chief veterinarian is satisfied is a non-profit organization.

Provincial laboratory under Animal Health

Act

The Animal Health Centre, located in Abbotsford, British Columbia and funded

by the ministry of the minister, is designated as a provincial laboratory for the

purposes of the Animal Health Act .

Fees that may be charged

Subject to

section 6 [when fees must not be charged for laboratory

services] , a provincial laboratory may charge the fees set out in the

Schedule in respect of services performed or laboratory reports provided under the

Animal Health Act or the Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Act .

When fees must not be charged for laboratory

services

A provincial laboratory must not charge a fee in respect of services

performed or laboratory reports provided for the purpose of determining the

presence, identity, nature, effects or spread of any of the

following:

rabies;

a reportable or notifiable disease, if the submission was provided

under

section 3 (2) (

b) of the Reportable and Notifiable Disease

Regulation;

a reportable or notifiable disease, if the analyses or testing is to

comply with an order made under

section 21 of the Animal

Health Act .

A provincial laboratory must not charge a fee in respect of services

performed or laboratory reports provided in relation to an animal health program

conducted by

the ministry of the minister under

section 67 (2) (c), 94 (1) (

h) or 95 (1) (

b) of the Animal

Health Act , or

an operator under

section 95 (1) (

b) of the Animal

Health Act .

A provincial laboratory must not charge a fee in respect of services

performed or laboratory reports provided in relation to a submission provided on

request of the provincial laboratory.

A provincial laboratory must not charge a fee in respect of euthanasia

services performed for the purpose of a post-mortem examination of a designated

animal that

is a fish, amphibian or bird, and

weighs less than 3 kg.

Schedule

Fees

Calculation of fees

The fees set out in this

Schedule apply in respect of each

submission.

If a submission is received from a location in British Columbia, the

fee is the amount set out in column 2, opposite the service set out in

column 1, of each of the tables in this Schedule.

If a submission or part of a submission is received from a location

outside British Columbia, the fee is the amount referred to in subsection

(2), plus 50% of that amount.

Post-mortem services

For the performance of a service described in column 1 of the following

table, a provincial laboratory may charge the fee set out in column 2 opposite

that service:

Item

Column 1 Service

Column 2 Fee ($)

Full post-mortem examination of a designated animal, other than as described in item 2

Full post-mortem examination of poultry that is a designated animal and that comes from a flock having 100 or fewer birds

Full post-mortem examination of a non-designated animal

Full post-mortem examination of a fetus

Post-mortem examination that is limited to a neurological or spinal cord examination, or both

Euthanasia of an animal that is in critical distress

For each hour or part of an hour used to perform a service described in any of items 1 to 6, minus the first hour

Creation of documentation or photographs not included in a laboratory report

For each hour or part of an hour used to interpret or respond to questions respecting a laboratory report

Preparation and packaging of remains weighing less than 40 kg for cremation

Disposal of remains, other than as described in item 10

Services in relation to analyses and testing

For the performance of a service described in column 1 of the following table, a provincial laboratory may charge the fee set out in column 2 opposite that service:

Item

Column 1 Service

Column 2 Fee ($)

Post-mortem testing package, including histopathology, bacteriology and virology, but not including an examination referred to in

section 2 of this

Schedule

Histopathology in respect of a designated animal

Histopathology in respect of a non-designated animal

Bacteriology in respect of a designated animal

Bacteriology in respect of a non-designated animal

Microbiological culture and antibiotic sensitivity test for milk, provided there are no more than 4 milk samples per test

Virology in respect of a designated animal

Virology in respect of a non-designated animal

Serology test, other than for Clostridium difficile toxins A and B

If a fee for item 9 has been charged, serology tests, other than tests for Clostridium difficile toxins A and B, performed on 3 or fewer samples from the same submission

Serology test for Clostridium difficile toxins A and B

Immunohistochemistry

Parasitology

Nucleotide sequencing of a bacterial or fungal strain

Polymerase chain reaction test

Streptococcus equi subspecies equi test

Equine infectious anaemia test

Anthrax test

Electron microscopy services

For the performance of a service described in column 1 of the following table, a provincial laboratory may charge the fee set out in column 2 opposite that service:

Item

Column 1 Service

Column 2 Fee ($)

Direct electron microscopy in respect of a designated animal

Direct electron microscopy in respect of a non-designated animal

If a fee for item 1 or 2 has been charged, electron microscopy and isolation performed on a second sample from the same submission

Sample transmission services

If a provincial laboratory sends, on its own initiative, one or more samples from a submission to another laboratory for non-routine analyses and testing, the provincial laboratory may charge the person who submitted the samples $12 for each package of samples sent.

If a person requests a provincial laboratory to send one or more samples from a submission to another laboratory located in an area described in column 1 of the following table, the provincial laboratory may charge the person, for each package of samples sent, the fee set out in column 2 opposite that area:

Item

Column 1 Service

Column 2 Fee ($)

Within British Columbia

Outside British Columbia but within Canada

Outside Canada

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Animal Health Act , S.B.C. 2014, c. 16, sections 96 (1) (c), 100 (4) and (5) and 101 (5); Ministry of Agriculture and Food Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 296, s. 9 (2)]