New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 8 - HUMANE TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK
Subchapter 8 - THE INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF HUMANE STANDARDS
Section 2:8-8.4 - Certification and role of a certified livestock inspector (CLI)

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:8-8.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The rules set forth in this subsection are only applicable to investigations conducted by or on behalf of the Department of Agriculture.

(b) If the State veterinarian concludes that a complaint is credible and identifies adequate cause to believe that a violation of the standards may have occurred, he or she shall assign a CLI to the case.

1. The NJSPCA, county SPCAs and other State or local governmental authority may request that the State veterinarian assign a CLI to investigate a complaint.

(c) The CLI assigned to the case shall investigate the complaint by means including the inspection of domestic livestock and the premises on which the livestock is located.

(d) The CLI shall investigate all complaints received by the State Veterinarian as soon as reasonably practicable.

(e) Only those persons certified as CLIs by the State Veterinarian and the Secretary of Agriculture may investigate complaints regarding the cruel or inhumane treatment of domestic livestock on behalf of the Department of Agriculture.

1. (Reserved)

(f) Only individuals meeting the following qualifications may be certified as CLIs in New Jersey:

1. A veterinarian, animal health technician or investigator who is an employee of the NJDA or the USDA, APHIS, whom the State Veterinarian determines to be qualified to conduct inspections; or

2. A New Jersey licensed veterinarian.

(g) A certified CLI shall demonstrate sufficient knowledge and experience as to the type(s) of animals to be investigated.

1. The State Veterinarian shall find that a CLI has demonstrated sufficient knowledge and experience as to the type(s) of animals to be investigated upon finding that:
i. The CLI is board-certified in a specialty that emphasizes the species to be inspected;

ii. The CLI is a veterinary practitioner who has recent extensive experience with the particular species (such as, for inspecting horses, Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who own, train, judge, or show horses); or

iii. The CLI can otherwise demonstrate that he or she is knowledgeable in the area of keeping, care, treatment, marketing and sale of the species of domestic livestock inspected (such as, for inspecting horses, Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who teach equine related subjects in an accredited college or school of veterinary medicine or have an equine practice).

(h) All CLI shall complete a continuing education program of relevant course work conducted at various venues (for example, colleges or universities, professional organizations or other animal welfare conferences) and approved by the State Veterinarian, consisting of not less than four hours of instruction, before commencing his or her duties and each year thereafter in order to maintain certification.

1. The CLI shall provide a written certification that the requirements in (h) above were met.

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