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2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS › Section 162.10B - Commercial establishments — inspecting state licensees and registrants.

162.10B Commercial establishments — inspecting state licensees and registrants.
The department may inspect the commercial establishment of a registrant or state licensee by entering onto its business premises at any time during normal working hours. The department may inspect records required to be maintained by the state licensee or registrant as provided in this chapter. If the owner or person in charge of the commercial establishment refuses admittance, the department may obtain an administrative search warrant issued under section 808.14.
2010 Acts, ch 1030, §16, 29
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS › Section 162.10C - Commercial establishments — monitoring permittees.

162.10C Commercial establishments — monitoring permittees.
1. The department may monitor the commercial establishment of a permittee by entering onto its business premises at any time during normal working hours. The department shall monitor the commercial establishment for the limited purpose of determining whether the permittee is providing for a standard of care required for permittees under section 162.10A. If the owner or person in charge of the commercial establishment refuses admittance, the department may obtain an administrative search warrant issued under section 808.14.
2. In order to enter onto the business premises of a permittee’s commercial establishment, the department must have reasonable cause to suspect that the permittee is not providing for the standard of care required for permittees under section 162.10A. Reasonable cause must be supported by any of the following:
a. An oral or written complaint received by the department by a person. The complainant must provide the complainant’s name and address and telephone number. Notwithstanding chapter 22, the department’s record of a complaint is confidential, unless any of the following apply:
(1) The results of the monitoring are used in a contested case proceeding as provided in chapter 17A or in a judicial proceeding.
(2) The record is sought in discovery in any administrative, civil, or criminal case.
(3) The department’s record of a complaint is filed by a person other than an individual.
b. A report prepared by a person employed by the United States department of agriculture that requires a permittee to take action necessary to correct a breach of standard of care required of federal licensees by the Animal Welfare Act or of permittees by section 162.10A. The department is not required to dedicate any number of hours to viewing or analyzing such reports.
3. When carrying out this section, the department may cooperate with the United States department of agriculture. The department shall report any findings resulting in an enforcement action under section 162.10D to the United States department of agriculture.
2010 Acts, ch 1030, §17, 29
Referred to in §162.2A, 162.11
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS › Section 162.10D - Commercial establishments — disciplinary actions.

162.10D Commercial establishments — disciplinary actions.
1. The department may take disciplinary action against a person by suspending or revoking the person’s authorization for violating a provision of this chapter or chapter 717B, or who commits an unlawful practice under section 714.16.
2. The department may require an owner, operator, or employee of a commercial establishment subject to disciplinary action under subsection 1 to complete a continuing education program as a condition for retaining an authorization. This section does not prevent a person from voluntarily participating in a continuing education program.
3. The department shall administer the continuing education program by either providing direct instruction or selecting persons to provide such instruction. The department is not required to compensate persons for providing the instruction, and may require attendees to pay reasonable fees necessary to compensate the department providing the instruction or a person selected by the department to provide the instruction. The department shall, to every extent possible, select persons to provide the instruction by consulting with organizations that represent commercial establishments, including but not limited to the Iowa pet breeders association.
4. The department shall establish the criteria for a continuing education program which shall include at least three and not more than eight hours of instruction. The department shall provide for the program’s beginning and ending dates. However, a person must complete the program in twelve months or less.
2010 Acts, ch 1030, §18, 29; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §41, 80
Referred to in §162.10C, 162.11, 162.13
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 162 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS › Section 162.19 - Abandoned animals destroyed.

162.19 Abandoned animals destroyed.
1. 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.
2. 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]
2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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.
3. a. In developing and establishing a foreign animal disease preparedness and response strategy, the department may collect, maintain, and use information related to the registration and identification of any premises where animals are kept. The information may include but is not limited to all of the following:
(1) The name, address, and contact information of an interested person.
(2) The location of the premises where the animals are kept.
(3) An identification number assigned to the premises where the animals are kept.
b. The information described in paragraph “a” is a confidential record as provided in section 22.7. Nothing in this subsection limits the department in acting as the lawful custodian of the confidential record from disclosing the record or any part of the record to another person if the department determines that such disclosure will assist in implementing, administering, or enforcing the foreign animal disease preparedness and response strategy.
2017 Acts, ch 168, §29; 2020 Acts, ch 1036, §4 – 6, 16; 2021 Acts, ch 149, §3
Referred to in §22.7(39A), 163.3B, 163.3F
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.5 - Oaths.

163.5 Oaths.
Assistant veterinarians shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations to appraisers acting under this and the following chapters of this subtitle.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2647; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.5]
2014 Acts, ch 1026, §34
Analogous provisions, §63A.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.6 - Slaughter facilities — blood samples.

163.6 Slaughter facilities — blood samples.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship unless the United States department of agriculture is otherwise specified.
b. “Slaughtering establishment” means a person engaged in the business of slaughtering animals, if the person is an establishment subject to the provisions of chapter 189A which slaughters animals for meat food products as defined in section 189A.2.
2. The department may require that samples of blood be collected from animals at a slaughtering establishment in order to determine if the animals are infected with an infectious or contagious disease, according to rules adopted by the department of agriculture and land stewardship. Upon approval by the department, the collection shall be performed by either of the following:
a. A slaughtering establishment under an agreement executed by the department and the slaughtering establishment.
b. A person authorized by the department.
3. An authorized person collecting samples shall have access to areas where the animals are confined in order to collect blood samples. The department shall notify the slaughtering establishment in writing that samples of blood must be collected for analysis. The notice shall be provided in a manner required by the department.
4. In carrying out this section, a person authorized by the department to collect blood samples from animals as provided in this section shall have the right to enter and remain on the premises of the slaughtering establishment in the same manner and on the same terms as a meat inspector authorized by the department, including the right to access facilities routinely available to employees of the slaughtering establishment such as toilet and lavatory facilities, lockers, cafeterias, areas reserved for work breaks or dining, and storage facilities.
5. The slaughtering establishment shall provide a secure area for the permanent storage of equipment used to collect blood, an area reserved for collecting the blood, including the storage of blood during the collection, and a refrigerated area used to store blood samples prior to analysis. The area reserved for collecting the blood shall be adjacent to the area where the animals are killed, unless the authorized person and the slaughtering establishment select another area.
6. The department is not required to compensate a slaughtering establishment for allowing a person authorized by the department to carry out this section.
98 Acts, ch 1056, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 136, §2; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §21; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §203
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.7 - State and federal rules.

163.7 State and federal rules.
The rules adopted by the department regarding interstate shipments of animals shall not be in conflict with the rules of the United States department of agriculture, unless there is an outbreak of a malignant contagious disease in any locality, state, or territory, in which event the department of agriculture and land stewardship may place an embargo on such locality, state, or territory.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2649; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.7]
2012 Acts, ch 1095, §19
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.8 - Enforcement of rules.

163.8 Enforcement of rules.
The assistant veterinarians appointed under this chapter shall enforce all rules of the department, and in so doing may call to their assistance any peace officer.
[S13, §2538-s; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2650; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.8]
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.9 - College at Ames to assist.

163.9 College at Ames to assist.
The dean of the veterinary college of the Iowa state university of science and technology is authorized to use the equipment and facilities of the college in assisting the department in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2651; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.9]
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.10 - Quarantining or destroying animals.

163.10 Quarantining or destroying animals.
The department may quarantine or destroy any animal exposed to or afflicted with an infectious or contagious disease. However, cattle exposed to or infected with tuberculosis shall not be destroyed without the owner’s consent, unless there are sufficient moneys to reimburse the owner for the cattle, which may be paid as an expense authorized as provided in section 163.15, from moneys in the brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication fund created in section 165.18, or from moneys made available by the United States department of agriculture.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2652; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.10]
2004 Acts, ch 1163, §3; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §28, 158
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.11 - Examination of imported animals.

163.11 Examination of imported animals.
1. A person shall not move an animal into this state, except to a public livestock market where federal inspection of livestock is maintained, for work, breeding, or dairy purposes, unless such animal has been examined and found free from all infectious or contagious diseases.
2. A person shall not bring in any manner into this state any cattle for dairy or breeding purposes unless such cattle have been tested within thirty days prior to date of importation by the agglutination test for contagious abortion or abortion disease, and shown to be free from such disease.
3. Animals for feeding purposes, however, may be brought into the state without inspection, under such regulations as the department may prescribe except that this subsection shall not apply to swine.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2653; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.11]
2004 Acts, ch 1163, §4; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §28
Referred to in §163.12
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.12 - Freedom from disease — certificate.

163.12 Freedom from disease — certificate.
Freedom from disease as specified in section 163.11 shall be established by a certificate of veterinary inspection signed by a veterinarian acting under either the authority of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, or of the United States department of agriculture. A copy of the certificate shall be attached to the waybill accompanying a shipment, and a copy of the certificate shall be delivered to the department.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2654; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.12]
2004 Acts, ch 1163, §5
Referred to in §163.14
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.14 - Intrastate movement.

163.14 Intrastate movement.
An animal, other than an animal to be moved for immediate slaughter, shall be inspected when required by the department, and accompanied by the certificate of veterinary inspection provided in section 163.12 when moved from a point in this state to another point within the state where federal inspection is not maintained.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2656; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.14]
2004 Acts, ch 1163, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.16 - Tuberculosis in imported animals — compensation restricted.

163.16 Tuberculosis in imported animals — compensation restricted.
Unless an animal was examined at the time of importation into the state and found free from contagious or infectious diseases as provided in this chapter, no person importing the same and no transferee who receives such animal knowing that the provisions of this chapter have been violated shall receive any compensation under section 163.15 for the destruction of such animal by the department.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2658; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.16]
Examination of imported animals, §163.11
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.17 - Local boards of health.

163.17 Local boards of health.
All local boards of health shall assist the department in the prevention, suppression, control, and eradication of contagious and infectious diseases among animals, whenever requested to do so.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2659; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.17]
Local boards of health, chapter 137
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.18 - False representation.

163.18 False representation.
A person shall not knowingly make a false representation about the shipment of an animal that is being or will be made, with the intent to avoid or prevent the animal’s inspection that is conducted in order to determine whether the animal is free from disease.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2660; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.18]
2001 Acts, ch 136, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.19 - Sale or exposure of infected animals.

163.19 Sale or exposure of infected animals.
No owner or person having charge of any animal, knowing the same to have any infectious or contagious disease, shall sell or barter the same for breeding, dairy, work, or feeding purposes, or permit such animal to run at large or come in contact with any other animal.
[C97, §5018; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2661; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.19]
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.20 - Glanders.

163.20 Glanders.
No owner or person having charge of any animal, knowing the same to be affected with glanders, shall permit such animal to be driven upon any highway, and no keeper of a public barn shall knowingly permit any animal having such disease to be stabled in such barn.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2662; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.20]
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.23 - False certificates of veterinary inspection.

163.23 False certificates of veterinary inspection.
A veterinarian shall not issue a certificate of veterinary inspection for an animal knowing that the animal described in the certificate was not the same animal from which tests were made as a basis for issuing the certificate. A veterinarian shall not otherwise falsify a certificate.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.23]
2001 Acts, ch 136, §4; 2004 Acts, ch 1163, §9
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.24 - Using false certificate.

163.24 Using false certificate.
A person shall not conduct a transaction to import, export, or transport an animal within this state or sell or offer for sale an animal if the person uses a certificate of veterinary inspection in connection with the transaction knowing that the animal described in the certificate was not the animal from which tests were made as a basis for issuing the certificate. A person shall not otherwise use an altered or otherwise false certificate in connection with such transaction.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.24]
2001 Acts, ch 136, §5; 2004 Acts, ch 1163, §10
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.25 - Altering certificate.

163.25 Altering certificate.
1. A person shall not remove or alter a tag or mark of identification appearing on an animal, tested or being tested for disease, if the tag or mark of identification is authorized by the department or inserted by any qualified veterinarian.
2. A person shall not falsify any of the following:
a. A certificate of vaccination, issued by a person authorized to vaccinate the animal.
b. A certificate of veterinary inspection.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.25]
2001 Acts, ch 136, §6; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §20
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.26 - Definition.

163.26 Definition.
For the purposes of this subchapter, “garbage” means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of foods, including animal carcasses or parts. “Garbage” includes all waste material, by-products of a kitchen, restaurant, hotel, or slaughterhouse, every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter, liquids or otherwise, or grain not consumed, that is collected from hog sales pen floors in public stockyards. Animals or parts of animals, which are processed by slaughterhouses or rendering establishments, and which as part of the processing are heated to not less than 212 degrees Fahrenheit for thirty minutes, are not garbage for purposes of this chapter.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.26]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §612; 87 Acts, ch 115, §27; 2001 Acts, ch 136, §9; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §21; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §38
Referred to in §163.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.27 - Boiling garbage — feeding restrictions.

163.27 Boiling garbage — feeding restrictions.
1. Garbage shall not be fed to an animal unless such garbage has been heated to a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit for thirty minutes, or other acceptable method, as provided by rules adopted by the department. However, this requirement shall not apply to an individual who feeds to the individual’s own animals only the garbage obtained from the individual’s own household.
2. A person shall not feed public or commercial garbage to swine.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.27]
2006 Acts, ch 1010, §56; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §22; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §35
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.32 - Exhibitions.

163.32 Exhibitions.
1. As used in this section, “exhibition” means an exhibit, demonstration, show, or competition involving swine which occurs as follows:
a. As part of an event on the Iowa state fairgrounds under the control of the Iowa state fair authority under chapter 173.
b. A fair event under the control of a fair under chapter 174.
c. An event classified as an exhibition by rules adopted by the department.
2. This section applies to a swine which is moved from a premises to the location where an exhibition occurs.
3. The sponsor of an exhibition must retain a veterinarian licensed pursuant to chapter 169 to supervise the health of swine moved to the location of the exhibition. The sponsor of the exhibition shall submit an exhibition report to the department on a form and according to procedures required by the department. The exhibition report must contain information required by the department which must at least include all of the following:
a. The name of the exhibition and the address of its location.
b. The name and address of the veterinarian.
c. The date that the exhibition occurred.
d. The name and address of the owner of the swine.
e. The address of the premises from which the swine was moved to the exhibition. The exhibition report must also include the address of the premises to which the swine was moved after the exhibition if such premises is a different premises.
2011 Acts, ch 84, §2, 5
Referred to in §166D.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.33 - Feral swine.

163.33 Feral swine.
1. “Feral swine” means any swine running at large.
2. A person shall not knowingly release swine to become feral swine.
3. Upon discovery of feral swine on public or private property, the department may destroy or order the destruction of the feral swine. However, the department shall not destroy the feral swine or order the feral swine’s destruction, unless the department concludes, after conducting a reasonable inquiry in the area where the feral swine is located, that the feral swine’s ownership cannot be determined. The department may call upon a peace officer or appropriate state or federal agency, including but not limited to the department of natural resources or the department of public safety, to enforce this section as set forth in section 159.16.
4. A person may destroy feral swine if the feral swine is on the person’s property or is damaging the person’s personal property. The person shall immediately notify the department of the destruction of the feral swine and allow for possible testing of the feral swine by the department.
5. This section shall not be construed to limit the powers of the department otherwise granted by law.
2020 Acts, ch 1036, §10, 16
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.34 - Purpose.

163.34 Purpose.
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a positive means of identifying all boars, sows and stags purchased for slaughter on their arrival at the first point of concentration after such sale. The purpose of such swine identification program is to facilitate eradication of swine diseases.
[C77, §172A.15; C79, 81, §163.34]
2001 Acts, ch 136, §9
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 163 - INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS › Section 163.35 - Definitions.

163.35 Definitions.
1. “Livestock dealer, livestock market operator, or stockyard operator” means any person engaged in the business of buying for resale, or selling, or exchanging swine as a principal or agent, or one who claims to be so engaged, but does not include the owner or operator of a farm who does not claim to be so engaged, and who sells or exchanges only those swine which have been kept by that person solely for feeding or breeding purposes.
2. “Person” means a person as defined in section 4.1, subsection 20.
3. “Slaughtering establishment” means any person engaged in the business of slaughtering live animals or receiving or buying live animals for slaughter.
4. “Stag” means a male swine that has formerly been used for breeding purposes but that has subsequently been castrated.
[C77, §172A.16; C79, 81, §163.35]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §613