Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 3 - DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 17 - SWINE › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 4-17-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless context otherwise
					 requires:
"Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian certified by
					 federal and state animal health authorities to participate in cooperative
					 disease control activities, including execution of health certificates for the
					 interstate and international movement of animals;
"Animals" includes wild animals, domestic animals, poultry
					 and other birds, and hatching eggs;
"Animal products" means any edible or inedible substance
					 derived in whole or in part from animals;
"Approved disinfectant" means a germicidal agent approved
					 for use in a specific state-federal animal disease control and eradication
					 program;
"Board" means the board of agriculture, State of
					 Hawaii;
"Carrier" means any ship, vessel, airplane, or other
					 conveyance used to transport animals; or its master, commanding officer, owner,
					 local manager, or agent;
"Department" means department of agriculture, State of
					 Hawaii;
"Division" means division of animal industry, department of
					 agriculture;
"Division head" means the chief or senior officer of the
					 division of animal industry;
"Domestic animals" includes horses, mules, asses, cattle,
					 sheep, goats, swine, dogs, cats, poultry, and other animals maintained in the
					 domestic state; includes poultry and hatching eggs;
"Effects" includes ropes, halters, harnesses, buckets,
					 stalls, crates, pens, stables, feed, feed bags, and other equipment used to
					 handle, confine, maintain, or transport animals;
"Inspector" means a veterinarian or livestock inspector in
					 the division of animal industry or USDA;
"Interstate health certificate" means an official document
					 issued by an accredited veterinarian or a state or federal veterinary officer
					 certifying that the animals being shipped are free from external parasites and
					 symptoms of transmissible disease and providing all other information and test
					 results required for acceptance by the state of destination;
"Licensed veterinarian" means a veterinarian having a
					 current, valid license to practice veterinary medicine in the State of
					 Hawaii;
"Premises" means a piece of property, including any
					 structure on it;
"Provisional quarantine" means temporary or conditional
					 quarantine;
"Quarantine" means the isolation of an animal or animals on
					 premises or in areas specified by the division; the designation given such
					 premises or areas. No animals may be removed from or be added to such premises
					 or areas except as permitted by the division;
"Shipmaster's declaration" means an official state form
					 which must be completed and submitted by a carrier providing information on
					 animals and birds transported;
"State veterinarian" means a qualified veterinarian in the
					 division of animal industry, department of agriculture, designated by the board
					 of agriculture;
"Transmissible disease" means any contagious, infectious,
					 or communicable disease of animals;
"Uniform Methods and Rules" means recommended minimum
					 standards adopted by USDA for the achievement of goals in state-federal animal
					 disease control and eradication programs;
"USDA" means United States Department of Agriculture;
					 and
"Vaccine" means a suspension of live, attenuated or killed
					 microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses used for the prevention or
					 treatment of infectious diseases.