---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 130.5"
title: "9"
number: "130.5"
heading: "Exemptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/130.5"
---

# §130.5. Exemptions.

- (a) **Veterinary diagnostics.** APHIS will not charge user fees for veterinary diagnostic services under the following conditions:
  - (1) When veterinary diagnostic services are provided in connection with Federal programs to control or eradicate diseases or pests of livestock or poultry in the United States (program diseases);
  - (2) When veterinary diagnostic services are provided in support of zoonotic disease surveillance when the Administrator has determined that there is a significant threat to human health; and
  - (3) When veterinary diagnostic reagents are distributed within the United States for testing for foreign animal diseases.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5542; 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3716, 3717, 3719, and 3720A; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 49998, Aug. 1, 2023, unless otherwise noted.