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IA Code § 162.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS|Section 162.11 - Exceptions.

162.11 Exceptions.   1. This chapter does not apply to a federal licensee except as provided in the following:   a. Section 162.1, subsection 2, and sections 162.2, 162.2A, 162.2B, 162.7, 162.8, 162.9A, 162.10A, 162.10C, 162.10D, 162.12A, and 162.13.   b. Section 162.1, subsection 1, but only to the extent required to implement sections described in paragraph “a”.   c. Section 162.16 but only to the extent required to implement sections described in paragraph “a”.   2. This chapter does not apply to a place or establishment which operates under the immediate supervision of a duly licensed veterinarian as a hospital where animals are harbored, hospitalized, and cared for incidental to the treatment, prevention, or alleviation of disease processes during the routine practice of the profession of veterinary medicine. However, if animals are accepted by such a place, establishment, or hospital for boarding or grooming for a consideration, the place, establishment, or hospital is subject to the licensing or registration requirements applicable to a boarding kennel or commercial kennel under this chapter and the rules adopted by the secretary.   3. This chapter does not apply to a noncommercial kennel at, in, or adjoining a private residence where dogs or cats are kept for the hobby of the householder, if the dogs or cats are used for hunting, for practice training, for exhibition at shows or field or obedience trials, or for guarding or protecting the householder’s property. However, the dogs or cats must not be kept for breeding if a person receives consideration for providing the breeding.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §162.11]  88 Acts, ch 1186, §13; 2010 Acts, ch 1030, §19, 20, 29
IA Code § 162.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS|Section 162.12 - Denial or revocation of license or registration.

162.12 Denial or revocation of license or registration.   A certificate of registration may be denied to any animal shelter, pound, or research facility and a state license may be denied to any public auction, boarding kennel, commercial kennel, pet shop, commercial breeder, or dealer, or an existing certificate of registration or state license may be revoked by the secretary if, after public hearing, it is determined that the housing facilities or primary enclosures are inadequate under this chapter or if the feeding, watering, cleaning, and housing practices at the pound, animal shelter, public auction, pet shop, boarding kennel, commercial kennel, research facility, or those practices by the commercial breeder or dealer, are not in compliance with this chapter or with the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The premises of each registrant or state licensee shall be open for inspection during normal business hours.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §162.12]  88 Acts, ch 1186, §14; 2010 Acts, ch 1030, §21, 29  Referred to in §717F.7
IA Code § 162.12A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS|Section 162.12A - Civil penalties.

162.12A Civil penalties.   The department shall establish, impose, and assess civil penalties for violations of this chapter. The department may by rule establish a schedule of civil penalties for violations of this chapter. All civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited into the general fund of the state.   1. a. A commercial establishment that operates pursuant to an authorization issued or renewed under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars, regardless of the number of animals possessed or controlled by the commercial establishment, for violating this chapter. Except as provided in paragraph “b”, each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.   b. This paragraph applies to a commercial establishment that violates a standard of care involving housing as provided in section 162.10A. The departmental official who makes a determination that a violation exists shall provide a corrective plan to the commercial establishment describing how the violation will be corrected within a compliance period of not more than fifteen days from the date of approval by the official of the corrective plan. The civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred dollars for the first day of the violation. After that day, the department shall not impose a civil penalty for the violation during the compliance period. The department shall not impose an additional civil penalty, unless the commercial establishment fails to correct the violation by the end of the compliance period. If the commercial establishment fails to correct the violation by the end of the compliance period, each day that the violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.   2. A commercial establishment that does not operate pursuant to an authorization issued or renewed under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars, regardless of the number of animals possessed or controlled by the commercial establishment, for violating this chapter. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.  2010 Acts, ch 1030, §22, 29  Referred to in §162.11
IA Code § 162.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS|Section 162.13 - Criminal penalties — confiscation.

162.13 Criminal penalties — confiscation.   1. A person who operates a commercial establishment without an authorization issued or renewed by the department as required in section 162.2A is guilty of a simple misdemeanor and each day of operation is a separate offense.   2. The failure of a person who owns or operates a commercial establishment to meet the standard of care required in section 162.10A, subsection 1, is a simple misdemeanor. The animals are subject to seizure and impoundment and may be sold or destroyed as provided by rules which shall be adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A. The rules shall provide for the destruction of an animal by a humane method, including by euthanasia.   3. The failure of a person who owns or operates a commercial establishment to meet the requirements of this section is also cause for the suspension or revocation of the person’s authorization as provided in section 162.10D.   4. Dogs, cats, and other vertebrate animals upon which euthanasia is permitted by law may be destroyed by a person subject to this chapter or chapter 169, by a humane method, including euthanasia, as provided by rules which shall be adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A.   5. It is unlawful for a dealer to knowingly ship a diseased animal. A dealer violating this subsection is subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. Each diseased animal shipped in violation of this subsection is a separate offense.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §162.13]  83 Acts, ch 149, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1186, §15; 94 Acts, ch 1103, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1030, §23, 29  Referred to in §162.11
IA Code § 162.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS|Section 162.14 - Custody by animal warden.

162.14 Custody by animal warden.   An animal warden, upon taking custody of any animal in the course of the warden’s official duties, shall immediately make a record of the matter in the manner prescribed by the secretary and the record shall include a complete description of the animal, reason for seizure, location of seizure, the owner’s name and address if known, and all license or other identification numbers, if any. Complete information relating to the disposition of the animal shall be added in the manner provided by the secretary immediately after disposition.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §162.14]
IA Code § 162.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS|Section 162.15 - Violation by animal warden.

162.15 Violation by animal warden.   Violation of any provision of this chapter which relates to the seizing, impoundment, and custody of an animal by an animal warden shall constitute a simple misdemeanor and each animal handled in violation shall constitute a separate offense.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §162.15]
IA Code § 162.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS|Section 162.16 - Rules.

162.16 Rules.   The department shall adopt rules and promulgate forms necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §162.16]  2010 Acts, ch 1030, §24, 29  Referred to in §162.11
IA Code § 162.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS|Section 162.18 - Fees.

162.18 Fees. Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1030, §26, 29.
IA Code § 162.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS|Section 162.19 - Abandoned animals destroyed.

162.19 Abandoned animals destroyed.   Whenever any animal is left with a veterinarian, boarding kennel or commercial kennel pursuant to a written agreement and the owner does not claim the animal by the agreed date, the animal shall be deemed abandoned, and a notice of abandonment and its consequences shall be sent within seven days by certified mail to the last known address of the owner. For fourteen days after mailing of the notice the owner shall have the right to reclaim the animal upon payment of all reasonable charges, and after the fourteen days the owner shall be deemed to have waived all rights to the abandoned animal. If despite diligent effort an owner cannot be found for the abandoned animal within another seven days, the veterinarian, boarding kennel, or commercial kennel may humanely destroy the abandoned animal.   Each veterinarian, boarding kennel or commercial kennel shall warn its patrons of the provisions of this section by a conspicuously posted notice or by conspicuous type in a written receipt.  [C77, 79, 81, §162.19]
IA Code § 163.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS|Section 163.1 - Powers of department.

163.1 Powers of department.   The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter. In administering the provisions of this chapter, the department shall have power to do all of the following:   1. Adopt any necessary rule for the control of an infectious or contagious disease affecting animals within the state.   2. Provide for quarantining animals afflicted with an infectious or contagious disease, or that have been exposed to such disease, whether within or without the state.   3. Determine and employ the most efficient and practical means for the control of an infectious or contagious disease afflicting animals.   4. Establish, maintain, enforce, and regulate quarantine and other measures relating to the movement and care of animals that may be exposed or afflicted with an infectious or contagious disease.   5. Provide for the disinfection of suspected yards, buildings, or articles, and for the destruction of animals as may be deemed necessary by the department.   6. Enter any place where any animal is at the time located, or where it has been kept, or where the carcass of such animal may be, for the purpose of examining it in any way that may be necessary to determine whether it was or is exposed to or afflicted with an infectious or contagious disease.   7. Regulate or prohibit the arrival in, departure from, and passage through the state of animals exposed to or afflicted with an infectious or contagious disease; and in case of a violation of any such regulation or prohibition, to detain any animal at the owner’s expense.   8. Regulate or prohibit the movement of animals into the state which, in the department’s determination, for any reason, may be detrimental to the health of animals in the state.   9. Cooperate with and arrange for assistance from the United States department of agriculture in performing its duties under this chapter.   10. Impose civil penalties as provided in this chapter. The department may refer cases for prosecution to the attorney general.  [S13, §2538-s; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2643; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.1]  91 Acts, ch 32, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 136, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1163, §1
IA Code § 163.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS|Section 163.2 - General definitions.

163.2 General definitions.   As provided in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Certificate of veterinary inspection” or “certificate” means a legible record, made on an official form of the state of origin or the animal and plant health inspection service of the United States department of agriculture, and issued by an accredited veterinarian of the state of origin or a veterinarian in the employ of the animal and plant health inspection service, which shows that an animal listed on the form meets the health requirements of the state of destination.   2. “Control” means the prevention, suppression, or eradication of an infectious or contagious disease afflicting an animal within the state.   3. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.   4. “Foot and mouth disease” means a virus of the family picornaviridae, genus aphthovirus, including any immunologically distinct serotypes.   5. “Infectious or contagious disease” means glanders, farcy, maladie du coit (dourine), anthrax, foot and mouth disease, scabies, classical swine fever, tuberculosis, brucellosis, vesicular exanthema, scrapie, rinderpest, avian influenza or Newcastle disease as provided in chapter 165B, pseudorabies as provided in chapter 166D, or any other transmissible, transferable, or communicable disease so designated by the department.   6. “Move” or “movement”, except as provided in subchapter III, means to ship, transport, or deliver an animal.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2644; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.2]  2001 Acts, ch 170, §1, 3; 2004 Acts, ch 1089, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1163, §2; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §202; 2011 Acts, ch 84, §1, 5; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §34  Referred to in §163A.1, 164.1, 165.1A, 166A.1, 166D.2, 172E.2, 670.4, 717A.2
IA Code § 163.2A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS|Section 163.2A - Part — definitions.

163.2A Part — definitions.   As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Animal” means any livestock or agricultural animal as defined in section 717A.1.   2. “Interested person” means the owner of an animal; a person caring for the animal, if different from the owner of the animal; or a person holding a perfected agricultural lien or security interest in the animal under chapter 554.  2020 Acts, ch 1036, §1, 16  NEW section
IA Code § 163.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS|Section 163.3 - Veterinary and special assistants.

163.3 Veterinary and special assistants. Transferred to §163.3G;  2020 Acts, ch 1036, §14, 16  .
IA Code § 163.3A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS|Section 163.3A - Veterinary emergency preparedness and response.

163.3A Veterinary emergency preparedness and response.   1. The department may provide veterinary emergency preparedness and response services necessary to prevent or control a serious threat to the public health, public safety, or the state’s economy caused by the transmission of disease among animals. The services may include measures necessary to ensure that all such animals carrying disease are properly identified, segregated, treated, or destroyed as provided in this Code.   2. The services shall be performed under the direction of the department and may be part of measures authorized by the governor under a declaration or proclamation issued pursuant to chapter 29C. In such case, the department shall cooperate with the Iowa department of public health under chapter 135, and the department of homeland security and emergency management, and local emergency management agencies as provided in chapter 29C.   3. The secretary or the secretary’s designee shall appoint veterinarians licensed pursuant to chapter 169 or persons in related professions or occupations who are qualified, as determined by the secretary, to serve on a voluntary basis as members of one or more veterinary emergency response teams. The secretary shall provide for the registration of persons as part of the appointment process. The secretary may cooperate with the Iowa board of veterinary medicine in implementing this section.   4. a. A registered member of an emergency response team who acts under the authority of the secretary shall be considered an employee of the state for purposes of defending a claim on account of damage to or loss of property or on account of personal injury or death under chapter 669. The registered member shall be afforded protection under section 669.21. The registered member shall also be considered an employee of the state for purposes of disability, workers’ compensation, and death benefits under chapter 85.   b. The department shall provide and update a list of the registered members of each emergency response team, including the members’ names and identifying information, to the department of administrative services. Upon notification of a compensable loss suffered by a registered member, the department of administrative services shall seek authorization from the executive council to pay as an expense from the appropriations addressed in section 7D.29 those costs associated with covered benefits.  2005 Acts, ch 151, §2; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §27, 158; 2013 Acts, ch 29, §47; 2020 Acts, ch 1036, §3, 16  Referred to in §163.3C, 163.3D, 163.3F, 163.3G  Subsection 1 amended
IA Code § 163.3B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS|Section 163.3B - Foreign animal disease preparedness and response fund.

163.3B Foreign animal disease preparedness and response fund.   1. A foreign animal disease preparedness and response fund is created in the state treasury under the control and management of the department.   2. The fund shall include moneys appropriated by the general assembly credited to the fund. The fund may include other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department as provided in section 159.6A, including but not limited to the federal government, other public sources, or private sources.   3. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department and shall be used exclusively to develop, establish, and implement a foreign animal disease preparedness and response strategy as described in section 163.3C, and shall not require further special authorization by the general assembly.   4. a. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.   b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the fund that remain unexpended or unobligated at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund.  2017 Acts, ch 168, §28
IA Code § 163.3C (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS|Section 163.3C - Foreign animal disease preparedness and response strategy.

163.3C Foreign animal disease preparedness and response strategy.   1. The department shall develop and establish a foreign animal disease preparedness and response strategy for use by the department in order to prevent, control, or eradicate the transmission of foreign animal diseases among populations of animals. The strategy may be part of the department’s veterinary emergency preparedness and response services as provided in section 163.3A. The strategy shall provide additional expertise and resources to increase biosecurity efforts that assist in the prevention of a foreign animal disease outbreak in this state. In developing and establishing the strategy, the department shall consult with interested persons including but not limited to the following:   a. The Iowa cattlemen’s association.   b. The Iowa state dairy association.   c. The Iowa pork producers association.   d. The Iowa sheep producers industry association.   e. The Iowa turkey federation.   f. The Iowa poultry association.   g. The college of veterinary medicine at Iowa state university.   h. The livestock health advisory council created in section 267.2.   2. The department shall implement the foreign animal disease preparedness and response strategy if necessary to prevent, control, or eradicate the transmission and incidence of foreign animal diseases that may threaten or actually threaten animals in this state. In implementing the strategy, the department may utilize emergency response measures as otherwise required under section 163.3A. The department may but is not required to consult with interested persons when implementing the strategy.  2017 Acts, ch 168, §29; 2020 Acts, ch 1036, §4 – 6, 16  Referred to in §163.3B, 163.3F  Subsection 1 stricken and former subsections 2 and 3 amended and renumbered as 1 and 2
IA Code § 163.3F (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS|Section 163.3F - Interference with official acts.

163.3F Interference with official acts.   1. A person shall not interfere with an official act of the department taken in the performance of a duty to prevent or control the transmission of an infectious or contagious disease among a population or species of animals, if the official act is authorized as part of any of the following:   a. A veterinary emergency preparedness and response service pursuant to section 163.3A.   b. A foreign animal disease preparedness and response strategy pursuant to section 163.3C.   c. An emergency measure pursuant to section 163.3D or 163.3E.   2. Under this section, an official act of the department may be performed by a departmental employee, or a veterinary or special assistant appointed pursuant to section 163.3G.  2020 Acts, ch 1036, §9, 16  Referred to in §163.61  NEW section
IA Code § 163.3G (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS|Section 163.3G - Veterinary and special assistants.

163.3G Veterinary and special assistants.   The secretary or the secretary’s designee may appoint one or more veterinarians licensed pursuant to chapter 169 in each county as assistant veterinarians. The secretary may also appoint one or more special assistants as may be necessary in cases of emergency, including as provided in section 163.3A.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2645; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.3]  2005 Acts, ch 151, §1; 2020 Acts, ch 1036, §2, 14, 16  C2021, §163.3G  Referred to in §163.3D, 163.3F  Section transferred from §163.3 in Code 2021 pursuant to directive; 2020 Acts, ch 1036, §14, 16  Section amended
IA Code § 163.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS|Section 163.4 - Powers of assistants.

163.4 Powers of assistants.   Assistant veterinarians shall have power, under the direction of the department, to perform all acts necessary to carry out the provisions of law relating to infectious and contagious diseases among animals, and shall be furnished by the department with the necessary supplies and materials which shall be paid for out of the appropriation for the eradication of infectious and contagious diseases among animals.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2646; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.4]  2014 Acts, ch 1026, §33