Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 3 - DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 16 - CATTLE, BISON, WATER BUFFALO, CAMELIDS, SHEEP, AND GOATS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 4-16-4 - 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, feral animals, domestic
					 animals, aquaculture animals, poultry, birds, and hatching eggs.
"APHIS" means Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of
					 the United States Department of Agriculture.
"Approved disinfectant" means a germicidal agent approved
					 for use in a specific state-federal animal disease control and eradication
					 program.
"Approved pesticide" means a chemical agent approved for
					 use against external parasites.
"Board" means the state board of agriculture.
"Carrier" means any 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.
"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 animals to enter Hawaii, to move interstate and certifying that
					 the animals being transported are free of symptoms of transmissible
					 disease.
"Chairperson" means the chairperson of the state board of
					 agriculture.
"Contact" means any physical union or touching-between
					 animals.
"Department" means the state department of
					 agriculture.
"Division" means the division of animal industry,
					 department of agriculture.
"Division head" means the administrator of the division of
					 animal industry.
"Domestic animals" includes horses, mules, asses, cattle,
					 sheep, goats, swine, dogs, cats, poultry, rabbits, llamas and alpacas,
					 including camelid, 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.
"Entry" means the release of animals into the State after
					 completion of all requirements set forth in this chapter.
"Health certificate" means an official document in English,
					 issued by an accredited veterinarian 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, also known as "Certificate of Veterinary Inspection".
"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 issued.
"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.
"Official vaccinate" means a female bovine animal that has
					 been vaccinated with an approved brucellosis vaccine and identified with the
					 required tattoo and official identification.
"Polymerase Chain Reaction" or "PCR" means a laboratory
					 test to detect genetic material from a specific organism, such as a virus and
					 protozoa.
"Premise" means a property, including any structure on
					 it.
"Quarantine" means the secure isolation and confinement of
					 animals on a premise or premises, or in an area designated by the state
					 veterinarian. No animal may be removed from or added to these premises or areas
					 except as permitted by the state veterinarian.
"Shipmaster's declaration" means an official state form
					 that shall be completed and submitted by a carrier and provides information on
					 animals transported including the name of the importer.
"State veterinarian" means the veterinary program
					 administrator of animal industry division, department of agriculture.
"Transmissible disease" means any contagious, infectious,
					 or communicable disease of animals.
"Vaccine" means a biological agent composed of live,
					 attenuated, genetically modified, or killed microorganisms such as bacteria and
					 viruses, or their DNA or RNA used for the prevention or treatment of
					 diseases.