Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 3 - DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 29 - DOGS, CATS, AND OTHER CARNIVORES › Subchapter 6 - ENTRY FOR SERVICE ANIMALS AND EXEMPTED GUIDE DOGS › Section 4-29-22 - Arrival requirements for service animals and exempted guide dogs

Current through June, 2024
(a) All Class A service animals and exempted
				  guide dogs, and Class B service animals and exempted guide dogs, upon entering
				  the State, shall be inspected by a veterinarian or authorized state agent
				  provided and paid for by the State at the point of arrival at the airport
				  quarantine facility located at the Honolulu International Airport. The
				  veterinarian or authorized state agent shall conduct a physical examination of
				  the animal to determine that the animal is free of external parasites and
				  symptoms of infectious disease. If the service animal or exempted guide dog
				  does not pass this physical examination, the department shall immediately
				  deliver the dog for treatment to a private veterinarian at the user's expense
				  or to the animal quarantine station in Halawa Valley at the State's expense. A
				  Class A service animal or exempted guide dog may be released at a port approved
				  by the department that has facilities and an agent designated by the department
				  to process animals for entry.
(b)
				  If the user of a service animal or exempted guide dog provides the department
				  with at least seven days' notice prior to arrival, the department may issue a
				  "Notice of Airport Terminal Inspection" to the user allowing the post-arrival
				  inspection to be done within the Honolulu International Airport terminal. Upon
				  arrival, an inspector shall meet the user or a designated airplane and escort
				  the user to the place of inspection. The "Notice of Airport Terminal
				  Inspection" shall only be issued and valid for flights arriving at the Honolulu
				  International Airport between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Should the user fail to
				  meet the requirements of this section, the post-arrival inspection shall occur
				  at the Airport Animal Quarantine Holding Facility,
(c) All service animals and exempted guide
				  dogs that meet the requirements of Class A service animals and guide dogs shall
				  immediately be released to their designated address following examination and
				  verification that pre-arrival requirements have been met. Except for the
				  provisions of section
				  4-29-23(b),
				  and except for a dog that exhibits signs of neurological disease and must be
				  kept for observation for at least ten days, nothing in this subchapter shall
				  preclude any service animal or exempted guide dog from leaving the State before
				  the completion of the quarantine period,
(d) Service animals and exempted guide dogs
				  traveling only to an area designated as exempt according to section
				  4-29-10(a)
				  shall meet the import requirements of the exempt area and be allowed to reenter
				  the State; provided that the animal is accompanied by the following documents:
(1) A health certificate, issued by a
				  veterinarian holding a current appointment as an officer of the government of
				  the country of origin certifying that the animal described was examined and
				  found free of external parasites and symptoms of transmissible disease not more
				  than thirty days before shipment;
(2) A statement issued not more than fourteen
				  days before entry, by a veterinarian holding a current appointment as an
				  officer of the government of the country of origin certifying that the animal
				  described in the statement was treated within fourteen days of arrival with an
				  approved insecticide to kill all ticks by a product containing fipronii or
				  other tick control product with similar residual activity, and that the animal
				  was examined and found free of external parasites;
(3) An affidavit executed by the owner or
				  consignor of the animal certifying that the animal was not outside the exempt
				  country of origin during the travel period away from Hawaii. The affidavit
				  shall include the name of the airline, flight number, and scheduled date of
				  departure of the aircraft aboard which the animal is to be transported to
				  Hawaii; and
(4) An affidavit
				  executed by the captain of the aircraft or the senior station official of the
				  airlines based in Hawaii attesting that the animal transported to Hawaii from
				  the exempt area, except as provided in section
				  4-29-10(c)(2),
				  was transported from the country of origin in one aircraft and not off-loaded
				  at any intermediate point for any purpose.