DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  
PESTICIDE AND PLANT PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT DIVISION  
REGULATION NO. 620. QUARANTINE  
(By authority of section 23 of Act No. 189 of the Public Acts of 1931 and section 6 of Act  
No. 72 of the Public Acts of 1945, being SS286.223 and 286.256 of the Michigan Compiled  
Laws)  
R 285.620.1 Quarantine; purpose.  
Rule 1. (1) The director of agriculture when he shall find that there exists in any state,  
territory, or district or part thereof any dangerous insect pest or plant disease infestation  
with reference to which the secretary of agriculture of the United States has not established  
a quarantine may promulgate and enforce by this rule a quarantine prohibiting or restricting  
the transportation into, within, or through the state, or any portion thereof, from such other  
state, territory, or district, of any class of nursery stock, plant, fruit, seed, or other article of  
any character whatsoever, capable of carrying such plant disease or insect infestation.  
(2) A quarantine shall recite the following:  
(a) The dangerous plant pest involved by common name or scientific name, or both.  
(b) Definitions of the terms used.  
(c) The quarantined or regulated area by naming the state, territory, or district, or  
designated portions thereof, by recognized political subdivisions or legal land description.  
(d) The classes or names of the nursery stock, plants, fruits, seeds, or other articles of any  
character, the movement of which is prohibited or restricted into or within Michigan.  
(e) Any treatment, certification, or other action or condition that will permit the movement  
of restricted articles into or within this state from the quarantined area.  
(f) Conditions of seizure, treatment, or destruction of prohibited or restricted articles  
moving into or within this state in violation of the quarantine or the return of such articles  
to the quarantined area.  
History: 1979 AC.  
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