Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 3 - DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 28 - POULTRY AND BIRDS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 4-28-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires
					 otherwise:
"Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian certified by
					 federal and state animal health authorities to participate in cooperative
					 disease control activities, including execution of official certificates of
					 veterinary inspection for the interstate and international movement of
					 animals.
"APHIS" means Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of
					 the United States Department of Agriculture.
"Aviary game bird" includes the various species of pheasant
					 which are of rare nature and are generally propagated and raised for ornamental
					 and aesthetic purposes, but does not pertain to birds raised for food,
					 fighting, baiting, or for similar commercial purposes.
"Bird" or "birds" means all birds of the class
aves,
including eggs for hatching, other than poultry.
"Board" means the board of agriculture, State of
					 Hawaii.
"Carrier" means a person or company engaged in the activity
					 of transporting animals, by land, sea, or air including any ship, vessel,
					 airplane, or other conveyance used to transport animals; or its master,
					 commanding officer, owner, local manager, broker or agent.
"Carrier pigeon" means a homing or racing pigeon that has
					 an identification device.
"Certificate of veterinary inspection" or "CVI" means an
					 official state or federal certificate issued by an accredited veterinarian or
					 state or federal veterinary officer providing all information and test results
					 required for poultry and birds to enter Hawaii and certifying that the poultry
					 or birds being transported are free of symptoms of transmissible
					 disease.
"Commercial chickens" means chickens other than hatching
					 eggs and day-old chickens, originating from NPIP certified hatcheries, imported
					 for commercial egg or meat production, by entities maintaining a valid Hawaii
					 General Excise Tax license for that purpose.
"Day-old birds" means birds that are shipped directly to
					 Hawaii before twenty-four hours of age but may arrive after twenty-four hours
					 of age. "Day-old birds" shall mean and include day-old poultry.
"Department" or "department of agriculture" means
					 department of agriculture, State of Hawaii.
"Division" means division of animal industry, department of
					 agriculture.
"Effects" means crates or cages used to transport poultry
					 or birds, and bedding, dishes, toys, or other objects that may accompany any
					 bird, including poultry.
"Entry" means the release of poultry or birds into the
					 community after completion of all requirements set forth in this
					 chapter.
"Hold order" means an order issued by the state
					 veterinarian restricting the movement of all animals, effects, and implements
					 at a premise undergoing a disease investigation, for a maximum period of ninety
					 days for each hold order.
"Identification device" means either a band placed around
					 the leg or attached within the wing of poultry and birds or an implantable
					 electronic microchip that allows poultry or birds to be individually identified
					 with a unique numeric or alphanumeric identifier.
"Inspector" means a veterinarian, livestock inspector, or
					 any officer or employee of the department of agriculture or USDA, authorized or
					 designated by the state veterinarian to enforce the provisions of this
					 chapter.
"Isolation" means to keep poultry and birds separated in a
					 room not being used to house any other poultry or birds except that imported
					 poultry or birds received less than seven days apart may be held together with
					 the prior approval of an inspector.
"NPIP" means National Poultry Improvement Plan.
"Pigeon" means rock doves (
Columbia
					 livia
).
"Poultry" means ducks, geese, pigeons, and birds of the
					 Order
Galliformes
such as chickens, turkeys, guinea fowls,
					 peafowl, pheasants, grouse, partridges, and quail, including their eggs for
					 hatching.
"Premise" means a property, including any structure on
					 it.
"Pullorum-Typhoid" means diseases of poultry caused by
Salmonella pullorum
and
Salmonella
					 gallinarum
, respectively.
"Quarantine" means the secure isolation and confinement of
					 poultry or birds on a premise or premises, or in an area designated by the
					 state veterinarian. No poultry or birds may be removed from or added to these
					 premises or areas except as permitted by the state veterinarian.
"Racing pigeon" means any pigeon whose identification
					 device is registered with any county, state, national, or international pigeon
					 racing organization.
"Shipmaster's declaration" means an official state form
					 that shall be completed and submitted by a carrier and that provides
					 information on poultry and birds transported including the name of the
					 importer.
"Show pigeon" means any pigeon intended for show purposes
					 that bears an identification device.
"State veterinarian" means the veterinary program
					 administrator in the division of animal industry, department of
					 agriculture.
"Transmissible disease" means any contagious, infectious,
					 or communicable disease of poultry or birds.
"USDA" means United States Department of
					 Agriculture.
"Vaccine" means a suspension of live, attenuated, killed,
					 or genetically altered organisms or parts thereof used for the prevention,
					 amelioration, or treatment of infectious diseases.
"Valid import permit" or "import permit" or "poultry and
					 bird import permit" means a properly completed import permit issued by the
					 division and signed by an accredited veterinarian or a NPIP approved state
					 inspector authorized to issue a "Report of Sales of Hatching Eggs, Chicks, and
					 Poults" (VS Form
					 9-3, Oct 81). An NPIP
					 approved state inspector may only issue an import permit for day-old poultry or
					 hatching eggs.