Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 15-17-3-19; IC 15-17-3-21
Affected: IC 15-17-15-11
Sec. 10.
(a) A
person who distributes official animal identification devices must maintain for
five (5) years a record of the names and addresses of anyone to whom the
devices were distributed.
(b) Not
more than one (1) official eartag may be applied to an animal, except as
follows:
(1) Another official eartag may be
applied providing it bears the same official identification number as an
existing one.
(2) In specific cases
when the need to maintain the identity of an animal is intensified, the state
veterinarian may approve the application of an additional eartag to an animal
that already has one (1) or more. The person applying the additional official
eartag must record the following about the event and maintain the record for
five (5) years:
(A) The date the additional
official eartag is added.
(B) The
reason for the additional official eartag device.
(C) The official identification numbers of
both the new official eartag and the one or ones already attached to the
animal.
(3) An eartag
with an animal identification number (AIN) beginning with the 840 prefix
(either radio frequency identification or visual-only tag) may be applied to an
animal that is already officially identified with one (1) or more NUES tags or
an official brucellosis vaccination eartag. The person applying the AIN eartag
must:
(A) record the date the AIN tag is added
and the official identification numbers of both official eartags; and
(B) maintain those records for five (5)
years.
(4) A brucellosis
vaccination eartag with a NUES number may be applied in accordance with
345 IAC
2-6 to an animal that is already officially identified
with one (1) or more official eartags. The person applying the vaccination
eartag must:
(A) record the date the tag is
added and both official identification numbers of both the existing official
eartag or eartags and the vaccination eartag; and
(B) maintain those records for five (5)
years.
(c)
Official identification devices may not be removed. However, devices may be
removed:
(1) at the time of
slaughter;
(2) at any other
location upon the death of the animal; or
(3) as otherwise approved by the state
veterinarian or a federal official.
(d) All man-made identification devices
affixed to livestock unloaded at slaughter plants must be removed at the
slaughter facility by slaughter-facility personnel with the devices correlated
with the animal and its carcass through final inspection or condemnation by
means approved by the board. If diagnostic samples are taken, the
identification devices must be packaged with the samples and be correlated with
the carcasses through final inspection or condemnation by means approved by the
board. Devices collected at slaughter must be made available to the state
veterinarian or a federal official.
(e) All official identification devices
affixed to livestock moved into the state or within the state to a site for
rendering must be removed at the rendering facility and made available to the
state veterinarian or a federal official.
(f) If an animal loses an official
identification device and needs a new one, a replacement tag may be applied as
follows:
(1) A replacement tag with a
different official identification number may be applied. The person applying
the new official identification device with a different official identification
number must record the following information about the event and maintain the
record for five (5) years:
(A) The date the
new official identification device was added.
(B) The official identification number on the
device.
(C) The official
identification number on the old device if known.
(2) A duplicate replacement eartag with the
official number of the lost tag may be applied in accordance with the United
States Department of Agriculture's protocol for the administration of such
tags.
(g) The state
veterinarian may authorize replacement of an official identification device
upon any of the following conditions:
(1)
Deterioration of the device such that loss of the device appears likely or the
number can no longer be read.
(2)
Infection at the site where the device is attached, necessitating application
of a device at another location.
(3) Malfunction of the electronic component
of a radio frequency identification (RFID) device.
(4) Incompatibility or inoperability of the
electronic component of an RFID device with the management system or
unacceptable functionality of the management system due to use of an RFID
device.
(5) A determination by the
state veterinarian that replacement will facilitate disease control in
commerce.
(6) When an official
identification device is replaced, as authorized under this subsection, the
person replacing the device must record the following information about the
event and maintain the record for five (5) years:
(A) The date on which the device was
removed.
(B) Contact information
for the location where the device was removed.
(C) The official identification number on the
device removed, if known.
(D) The
type of device removed.
(E) The
reason for the removal of the device.
(F) The new official identification number on
the replacement device.
(G) The
type of replacement device applied.
(h) Official identification devices may not
be sold or otherwise transferred from the premises to which they were
originally issued without the authorization of the state veterinarian or the
United States Department of Agriculture.
