Section 13-0319. Shellfish regulations

The  department  may adopt regulations with respect to the harvesting,
  transplanting, relaying, receiving, possessing, transporting, importing,
  exporting, processing, buying, selling of or  otherwise  trafficking  in
  shellfish;  the  labeling  or tagging thereof; the keeping of records of
  shellfish  received,  transported  and  distributed;  the  construction,
  operation  and  maintenance  of  all  shellfish handling, processing and
  distributing establishments, including facilities and equipment and  the
  cleaning,  cleansing  and water storage of shellfish.  The provisions of
  this section relating to transplanting and relaying include but are  not
  limited  to  the removal of shellfish from uncertified growing areas and
  transplanting to certified  areas  for  subsequent  harvest  for  market
  purposes  and  transplanting  of  scallops  pursuant  to  paragraph a of
  subdivision 2 of section 13-0327.   Such  regulations  may  provide  for
  payment  of  the  reasonable  costs  of the department of supervision of
  removal of shellfish from uncertified areas, except where  such  removal
  is  being  undertaken  by  a municipality or political subdivision. Such
  regulations shall be drawn in such  a  manner  as  to  provide  adequate
  sanitary control over all shellfish offered for sale and distribution in
  the  state.  Such  regulations  shall  not  be less restrictive than the
  minimum requirements of any federal agency  regulating  the  inter-state
  shipment of shellfish.