Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 15-17-3-21
Affected: IC 15-17-3-13; IC 15-17-18-6
Sec. 2.4.
(a) A
person moving a cervid into the state must comply with the requirements in this
article and 345 IAC 1-3.
(b) A
person may move or cause to be moved into the state live animals of the family
cervidae that are susceptible to CWD only as provided in this section. These
are animals of the following genera and their hybrids and related species:
(1) Odocoileus (mule deer and whitetail
deer).
(2) Cervus (elk, wapiti, red
deer, and Sika deer).
(3) Alces
(moose).
(4) Rangifer
(reindeer).
(5) Any other species
of the family cervidae that:
(A) is found to
be susceptible to CWD; and
(B) the
state veterinarian designates in writing as being governed by the movement
requirements in this rule.
(c) When making a preentry permit
determination under
345 IAC
1-3-29(b), the state veterinarian may
require the applicant to provide any information, including supporting
documentation, that is relevant to evaluating the disease risk associated with
the movement and compliance with subsections (d) through (g). The state
veterinarian may require that the application for a permit be in writing and be
submitted not less than one hundred twenty (120) hours prior to the proposed
movement date.
(d) The state
veterinarian may issue a preentry permit under
345 IAC 1-3-29(b)
to move a live animal of the species listed
in subsection (b) into the state if the epidemiology as it relates to CWD
indicates that the proposed movement is consistent with reasonable animal
health precautions. The state veterinarian must follow the principles of
subsections (e) through (g) when issuing preentry permits.
(e) Except as provided in subsections (f) and
(g) and
345 IAC
1-3-29(c), the state veterinarian
must follow the following principles when issuing preentry permits for live
animals:
(1) Each animal in the proposed
movement must originate from an area that meets all of the following
conditions:
(A) The principal animal health
official in the state of origin has authority to quarantine CWD infected, CWD
exposed, and CWD suspect animals.
(B) State law in the state of origin requires
that a diagnosis of CWD be reported to the principal animal health official of
the state.
(C) The state of origin
is engaged in surveillance for CWD in captive and free-ranging
cervids.
(D) The state of origin is
participating in the federal CWD herd certification program under 9 CFR Part
55, Subpart B or the United States Department of Agriculture is administering
this CWD certification program in the state.
(E) CWD has not been diagnosed in a captive
cervid herd in the state where the herd of origin is located within the sixty
(60) months immediately prior to the date of the proposed movement.
(F) CWD has not been diagnosed in a
free-ranging cervid in the state where the herd of origin is located within the
sixty (60) months immediately prior to the date of the proposed
movement.
(G) The herd of origin's
premises is not located in a state or federal CWD-quarantine area, CWD-infected
area, CWD-containment area, CWD-management area, or a similarly designated CWD
control area.
(2) Each
animal in the proposed movement must originate from a herd that meets all of
the following conditions:
(A) No animal in
the herd, no animal that originated from the herd, and no animal that has been
traced to the herd has been diagnosed as positive for CWD within the sixty (60)
months immediately prior to the date of transportation into Indiana.
(B) The herd is not classified as a
CWD-positive, CWD-exposed, or CWD-suspect herd and is not currently designated
a trace back or trace forward herd in a CWD epidemiological
investigation.
(C) The herd has
been enrolled in or subject to an official state or federal surveillance
program equivalent to the program described in 9 CFR Part 55, Subpart B whereby
the herd has been monitored for CWD for not less than sixty (60) consecutive
months and has achieved CWD certified status. The owner of the herd must be in
compliance with the surveillance program requirements. The certification
program information shall be:
(i) disclosed
when applying for an entry permit under this section; and
(ii) included on the certificate of
veterinary inspection required under section 4 of this rule.
(f) The
state veterinarian may issue a preentry permit under
345 IAC 1-3-29(b)
and this section for an animal if the animal
has tested negative for CWD using a live animal test that has been approved by
the United States Department of Agriculture and the state
veterinarian.
(g) The state
veterinarian may issue a preentry permit under
345 IAC 1-3-29(b)
and this section to move a live animal of
the species listed in subsection (b) into the state directly to slaughter if
all of the following requirements are met:
(1)
An official certificate of veterinary inspection is obtained for the animals on
the shipment.
(2) Each animal is
identified with two (2) forms of identification as required in
345 IAC
1-3-29 and the identification is recorded on the
certificate of veterinary inspection.
(3) A copy of the certificate of veterinary
inspection moves with the animals and is presented to a state or federal
official at the slaughtering plant.
(4) The animals are moved directly to a
slaughtering plant inspected by the board or the United States Department of
Agriculture without stopping and unloading the animals elsewhere in the
state.
(5) The state veterinarian
must be provided access to collect samples from each animal for testing for
disease.
(6) The animal must
originate from a herd that is not classified as a CWD-positive, CWD-exposed, or
CWD-suspect herd and is not currently designated a trace back or trace forward
herd in a CWD epidemiological investigation.
(7) The herd of origin's premises must not be
located in a state or federal CWD-quarantine area, CWD-infected area,
CWD-containment area, CWD-management area, or a similarly designated CWD
control area.
(8) The permit may
contain any other conditions the state veterinarian determines to be necessary
to prevent, detect, and control disease.
