Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0080 - Department of Agriculture
Subtitle 0080-06 - Plant Certification
Chapter 0080-06-07 - Boxwood Blight Quarantine
Section 0080-06-07-.02 - DEFINITIONS

(a) Act means the Tennessee Plant Pest Act, compiled at T.C.A. § 43-6-101, et seq.;

(b) Boxwood plant means any plant of a species within the Buxus genus and includes any part of the plant in any form;

(c) Boxwood blight means any plant disease or symptom of disease caused by the fungus Calonectria pseudonaviculatum;

(d) Cleanliness program agreement means a voluntary compliance agreement between a duly authorized federal or state regulatory official and a person for the growth, holding, or movement of regulated articles in accordance with principles of a cleanliness program recognized by the issuing official for the prevention of spreading boxwood blight;

(e) Infected, infested, diseased, or words of similar import mean infected with boxwood blight or so exposed to the disease that infection can reasonably be expected to occur;

(f) Move, distribute, ship, transport, or words of similar import mean to relocate, to offer to relocate, or to cause the relocation of an item from one real property to another;

(g) Person means an individual, partnership, corporation, or any other form of legal entity;

(h) Phytosanitary certificate means a certificate of phytosanitary inspection prepared by a duly authorized federal or state regulatory official that affirms a regulated article has been inspected and found to be apparently free of boxwood blight;

(i) Quarantine area means a defined area from where the movement of regulated articles is prohibited except in accordance with this chapter;

(j) Regulated article means any item or material determined by the department to pose a material risk for spreading boxwood blight. Regulated articles include:

(k) Sarcococca plant means any plant of a species within the Sarcococca genus and includes any part of the plant in any form;

(l) Stop movement order means a written directive issued by a duly authorized federal or state regulatory official to prohibit or limit the movement of regulated articles.