Collecting means cutting, gathering, rooting, serving, injuring, destroying, removing, or carrying away any ginseng plants or parts thereof. Commissioner means the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation. Cultivated ginseng means ginseng other than that found growing naturally in the wild. Cultivated ginseng is grown in prepared beds or patches under natural or artificial conditions and is manipulated by standard or other appropriate ginseng horticultural or agricultural practices. Department means the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Export means to transport, ship, carry, haul, take or otherwise remove ginseng from New York State.
Ginseng dealer means any person who barters, trades, purchases or otherwise conveys ginseng for resale or export including retailers who buy ginseng from collectors. Non-New York ginseng means ginseng not grown or collected within the borders of the State of New York. Purchase or buy means to acquire, obtain, or receive ginseng or to attempt to acquire, obtain or receive ginseng by the exchange of money or other valuable consideration and specifically includes barter or exchange. Sell or sale means to dispose of, transfer or convey ginseng or attempt to dispose of, transfer or convey ginseng by exchange of money or other valuable consideration and specifically includes barter or exchange. State inspector means any department employee who has been designated by the commissioner to weigh and certify ginseng roots.