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2-40-822 General requirements for equidae entering Arkansas.
(a) All equidae entering Arkansas must be accompanied by a record of a negative current official equine infectious anemia test.
(b) All equidae must also be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection, listing information from a record of a negative official equine infectious anemia test, the name and address of the consignor and consignee, the number of animals in the shipment, and a description which accurately identifies each animal.
(c) Foals under six (6) months old accompanied by a negative dam do not have to be tested for equine infectious anemia.
2-40-201 Provisions supplemental.
The provisions of this subchapter shall be supplemental and in addition to the present
laws relating to the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and the disease and pest
control and eradication activities of the commission. The provisions of this subchapter
shall repeal only those portions of present law that are in direct conflict with the
provisions of this subchapter and those which would otherwise limit or restrict the
authority granted the commission in this subchapter to alter or revise its livestock and
poultry disease and pest control and eradication activities through administrative rules
and regulations.
2-40-202 Authority of commission generally.
(a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission, by appropriately adopted administrative
rules and regulations, is authorized to modify or adjust its disease or pest control and
eradication activities and responsibilities so as to make them more effective or conform
more closely to federal and state disease or pest control and eradication programs, as
they relate to any and all contagious, communicable, or infectious diseases or pests.
(b) The commission may make such modifications or adjustments in disease and pest control and eradication activities and programs as it deems necessary or appropriate to enable it to carry out its responsibilities with respect to such activities and programs.
2-40-203 Power of subpoena.
(a)(1) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall have the power and authority,
by majority vote of the commission, to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum to obtain
health records of livestock and other evidence and information to enable it to effectively
administer and enforce its rules, regulations, and laws relating to sanitation standards
and disease and pest control and eradication programs.
(2) Livestock market operators and poultry dealers, packers, and producers shall, upon request, furnish the commission, or its representatives, all records of livestock and poultry produced, sold, processed, or otherwise handled by such persons. Such persons and records shall be subject to subpoena by the commission.
(b) The commission shall not have authority to issue subpoena and subpoenas duces tecum to obtain poultry health records and other evidence and information regarding poultry. Poultry dealers, packers, and producers shall not be required to furnish records of poultry produced, sold, processed, or otherwise handled unless and until the commission shall have first issued a proclamation declaring there to be eminent danger of the existence in the state or transmission into the state of avian influenza or other exotic poultry diseases.
2-40-204 Testing and vaccination of livestock.
(a)(1) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall have the authority, by
administrative rule or regulation, to prescribe the method and manner for testing and
vaccination of livestock at livestock markets or other places within the state.
(2) This authority is not to interfere with farmer vaccination of his own product.
(b) The commission shall have the power to contract for services as needed for disease control.
2-40-205 Blood test training program.
(a) No person shall perform any program or certifying blood tests on livestock or poultry
unless the person has first completed a blood test training program designed and conducted
by the State Veterinarian and has obtained a tester's permit from the State Veterinarian.
(b) These technicians shall be used at the market, where economically feasible, except when in violation of state or federal law or regulation.
2-40-209 Quarantine -- Violations.
(a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission is authorized to adopt appropriate rules
and regulations regarding the isolation or quarantine of infected, exposed, or suspected
infected livestock or poultry.
(b) Any person or entity who violates the quarantine rules and regulations lawfully
promulgated by the commission pursuant to its statutory authority shall, upon conviction
be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Reviewed by AAHS in December 2001.
Reviewed and updated by AAHS in May 2003.
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