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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 7 - SECRETARY OF STATE › Article 44 - ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALTY PROGRAM › Section 7-44-7 - Voting process

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(a) When
			 initially processing an application for participation in the address
			 confidentiality program, each enrolling assistant shall offer a voter
			 registration form to the applicant. If the applicant chooses to complete the
			 voter registration form, the enrolling agent shall forward the form to the
			 secretary of state with the address confidentiality program application.
(b) Each voter registration form
			 shall be reviewed by the secretary of state. If the applicant is approved as a
			 program participant and the applicant's voter registration is approved, the
			 applicant shall be added as a permanent advance voter to a database that is
			 separate from the centralized voter registration system. If the applicant is
			 not approved as a program participant, the applicant shall be contacted by the
			 secretary of state in order to determine whether the applicant's voter
			 registration should be processed and entered into the centralized voter
			 registration database.
(c) Advance
			 ballots for all elections in which any program participant may lawfully
			 participate shall be sent from the secretary of state to the program
			 participant. County election officials shall provide the correct ballot to the
			 secretary of state for program participants.
(d) Each program participant shall return
			 that participant's voted ballot to the secretary of state, who shall determine
			 whether the ballot was lawfully cast and entitled to be canvassed. The ballot
			 shall be forwarded by the secretary of state to the county election official
			 with notice as to whether the ballot is legally entitled to be canvassed.
(e) Each program participant's
			 confidential address and right to a secret ballot shall be preserved throughout
			 the voting process.
(f) If the
			 program participant's certification in the program expires and the participant
			 does not renew the certification, the participant shall be notified by the
			 secretary of state that the participant's voter registration record will be
			 moved to the centralized voter registration database on the thirty-first day
			 after the program certification expires. If a program participant cancels that
			 participant's voter registration before the deadline specified in this
			 subsection, the participant's voter registration shall not be transferred to
			 the centralized voter registration database.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 7 - SECRETARY OF STATE › Article 45 - ELECTION BOARD WORKERS › Section 7-45-1 - Modified shifts for election board workers

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If a county election officer chooses to allow the election
				board workers at a specified polling place to work at the polling place for
				less than the entire number of hours designated as polling hours, the county
				election officer shall assign the election board workers according to the
				following requirements:
(a) The hours
			 each election board worker is assigned to work shall be continuous, with one
			 starting time and one stopping time, and shall, to the extent practicable,
			 constitute one-half the total number of hours the polls are open.
(b) The election board workers working
			 together at any one time shall not all be affiliated with the same political
			 party, to the extent practicable.
(c) No election board worker shall discuss
			 the voting procedure, election results, or any voter's ballot.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 7 - SECRETARY OF STATE › Article 45 - ELECTION BOARD WORKERS › Section 7-45-2 - Oversight of authorized poll agents

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(a) The supervising judge shall instruct each
			 authorized poll agent appointed to the polling place of all requirements
			 pertaining to authorized poll agents that are issued by the county election
			 officer or given in Kansas law.
(b)
			 If a poll agent does not comply with the requirements, any election board
			 worker may ask the poll agent to correct or cease the improper or illegal
			 activity or to leave the polling place. This activity shall be reported to the
			 county election officer.
(c) The
			 election board workers shall ensure that the poll agents do not engage in any
			 activities that would constitute election crimes, including the following:
(1) Electioneering, as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 25-2430 and amendments thereto;
(2) voter intimidation, as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 25-2415 and amendments thereto;
(3) disorderly election conduct, as defined
			 in K.S.A.
			 25-2413 and amendments thereto;
(4) unauthorized voting disclosure, as
			 defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 25-2422 and amendments thereto; and
(5) voting machine fraud, as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 25-2425 and amendments
			 thereto.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 7 - SECRETARY OF STATE › Article 46 - PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-46-1 - Postelection submission of photographic identification by provisional voter

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(a) Any voter who
			 has cast a provisional ballot due to a failure or refusal to provide a valid
			 photographic identification document at the time of voting may submit a valid
			 photographic identification document by mail, in person, or by electronic means
			 to the county election office in the county where the voter is registered to
			 vote. "Electronic means" shall include facsimile, electronic mail, and any
			 other electronic means approved by the secretary of state.
(b) If the voter submits a valid photographic
			 identification document to the county election office before the county board
			 of canvassers convenes, the county election officer shall present the document
			 to the board of canvassers to determine the validity of the provisional ballot.
			 If the board of canvassers determines the photographic identification document
			 to be valid and the provisional ballot is not determined to be invalid for any
			 other reason, the ballot shall be counted.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 7 - SECRETARY OF STATE › Article 46 - PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-46-2 - Election board worker assessment of validity of photographic identification documents

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(a)
			 Each election board worker to whom a photographic identification document is
			 presented by a voter shall assess the sufficiency and validity of that document
			 as follows:
(1) The election board worker
			 shall perform the following:
(A) Verify that
			 the name on the photographic identification document is consistent with the
			 name on the poll book;
(B) allow
			 for abbreviations and nicknames, including "Wm." or "Bill" for
			 "William";
(C) if the name of the
			 voter is consistent with the name in the poll book, proceed to paragraph
			 (a)(2); and
(D) if the voter's name
			 is different from the name in the poll book or the name as stated by the voter
			 due to marriage, divorce, hyphenation, or legal action, issue the voter a
			 provisional ballot on the condition that the voter first completes an
			 application for voter registration.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 7 - SECRETARY OF STATE › Article 46 - PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-46-3 - Declarations of religious objection

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(a) Each person who is otherwise entitled to
			 vote and who seeks an exemption from the photographic identification
			 requirement pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 25-2908(i)(5), and
			 amendments thereto, shall sign and submit a declaration form concerning the
			 person's religious beliefs before receiving a ballot in each election in which
			 the person intends to vote. The person may sign and submit the declaration form
			 to the secretary of state or the county election officer before each election
			 or when applying for a ballot.
(b)
			 A voter shall not submit a declaration of religious objection in place of a
			 valid photographic identification document after casting a ballot.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 7 - SECRETARY OF STATE › Article 47 - ELECTION AUDITS › Section 7-47-1 - Postelection audit implementation

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The requirements of this regulation shall not apply to local
				question elections or mail-ballot elections pursuant to K.S.A. 25-431  through
				25-441  and amendments thereto.
(a) As
			 used in K.S.A. 25-3009  and amendments thereto, the term "unofficial election
			 night returns" shall include ballots cast and counted on election day, ballots
			 cast in advance and counted on election day, and ballots cast by means of the
			 uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act (UOCAVA) procedures and
			 counted on election day. This term shall not include any ballots cast that are
			 challenged or marked as provisional or any ballots that are cast in advance and
			 received after election day.
(b)
			 Each county election officer shall complete the training provided by the
			 secretary of state. As specified in K.S.A. 25-3009  and amendments thereto, each
			 county election officer shall provide training to the election board conducting
			 the postelection audit. The training shall include the identification of voter
			 intent specific to the vote-casting technologies in use across
			 Kansas.
(c)
(1) An auditable race and precinct shall be a
			 race and precinct meeting the requirements in K.S.A. 25-3009, and amendments
			 thereto, for an audit to be conducted. The random selection of races and
			 precincts shall take place in a public setting, and the procedure to randomize
			 the selection of races and precincts shall be determined solely by each county
			 election officer and the secretary of state but must use a physical random
			 method and not an electronic random number generator. Upon completion of the
			 audit, each election board shall transmit to the secretary of state and the
			 county election office the results of the audit no later than 48 hours before
			 the meeting of the county board of canvassers.
(2) In even-year elections, within 24 hours
			 of the closing of the final polling location in Kansas, the list of randomly
			 selected races to be audited shall be transmitted by the secretary of state to
			 each county election officer. Each county election officer shall examine each
			 race in the order specified until an auditable race is determined. Each county
			 election officer shall then randomly select one percent of the total county
			 precincts from the subset of auditable precincts. If no contested race exists,
			 the election board shall audit the first race listed.
(3) In odd-year elections, each county
			 election officer shall randomly select the races and then each precinct to be
			 audited.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 7 - SECRETARY OF STATE › Article 48 - VOTE CENTERS › Section 7-48-1 - Vote centers; plans; report

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(a) For purposes of this regulation, each of
			 the following terms shall have the meaning specified in this subsection:
(1) "Election day" means the day for casting
			 ballots for any national, state, county, township, city, and school primary and
			 general election, question-submitted election, or other election authorized by
			 law and conducted by the county election officer.
(2) "Electronic poll book" means the
			 electronic version of the poll book, as described in
			 K.S.A.
			 25-2507 and amendments thereto, used at a
			 vote center or voting place.
(3)
			 "Vote center" means a voting place where any registered voter in a county with
			 a vote center plan implemented may cast a ballot on election day.
(4) "Voting place" has the meaning specified
			 in
			 K.S.A.
			 25-2506, and amendments thereto.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 1 - ANTHRAX VACCINE › Section 9-1-1 - Sale or distribution

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It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or distribute any
				anthrax spore vaccine, any Sterns' nonencapsulated spore vaccine, or any
				anthrax bacterin in the state of Kansas, without first having obtained, from
				the livestock sanitary commissioner of Kansas, a permit therefor; which permit
				shall limit sale and distribution of such products to veterinarians holding
				specific authority from the livestock sanitary commissioner of Kansas to use
				such products.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 1 - ANTHRAX VACCINE › Section 9-1-2 - Use

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It shall be unlawful for any person to inject or use anthrax
				spore vaccine, Sterns' nonencapsulated spore vaccine, or anthrax bacterin,
				except veterinarians having authority for such purpose from the livestock
				sanitary commissioner of Kansas, and injecting and using such products under
				the supervision of the livestock sanitary commissioner of Kansas.
It shall be unlawful for any person to inject or use anthrax
				spore vaccine, except at locations or on premises where the existence of
				anthrax has been determined and confirmed by a laboratory diagnosis.
It shall be unlawful for any person to inject or use Sterns'
				nonencapsulated spore vaccine or anthrax bacterin, except:
(1) At locations or on premises where a field
			 diagnosis of the existence of anthrax has been made by a veterinarian
			 authorized by the livestock sanitary commissioner of Kansas; or
(2) where such location or premises as have
			 been specifically designated by the livestock sanitary commissioner of Kansas
			 as authorized for the injection or use of such products.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 2 - BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS › Section 9-2-1 - Official vaccinate

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(a) "Official
			 calfhood vaccinate" means any heifer calf that is permanently identified and
			 that has been officially vaccinated for brucellosis with a vaccine approved by
			 the livestock commissioner and produced and approved under license of the
			 United States department of agriculture (USDA) for injection into cattle and
			 bison to enhance resistance to brucellosis. Each official calfhood vaccinate
			 shall be vaccinated in accordance with subsection (b).
(b)
(1)
			 Female cattle of any breed and female bison shall be vaccinated with a
			 USDA-approved brucella abortus vaccine. The vaccine shall be administered in
			 accordance with the vaccine labeling for cattle when the calf is at least four
			 months of age but less than 12 months of age, or at least 120 days of age but
			 less than 360 days of age and for bison when the calf is at least four months
			 of age but less than 10 months of age, or at least 120 days of age but less
			 than 300 days of age.
(2) The
			 vaccination shall be given by a veterinarian employed by the USDA, a
			 veterinarian employed by the Kansas animal health department, or a veterinarian
			 licensed to practice in the state of Kansas and accredited by the USDA. The
			 veterinarian shall send to the livestock commissioner, within 10 days after the
			 date of the vaccination, one copy of an official brucellosis vaccination record
			 reflecting the calfhood vaccination. One copy of the official brucellosis
			 vaccination record shall be given to the owner, and one copy shall be retained
			 by the veterinarian.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 2 - BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS › Section 9-2-6 - Reports

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All activities, conducted either privately or as a part of the
				official brucellosis eradication program, such as results of agglutination
				tests and vaccinations, shall be reported promptly to the state livestock
				sanitary commissioner.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 2 - BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS › Section 9-2-32 - Brucellosis: uniform methods and rules

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The provisions of "brucellosis eradication: uniform methods and
				rules," approved by the United States department of agriculture, animal and
				plant health inspection service, veterinary services, as the minimum standards
				for achieving and maintaining certified and validated herds and certified and
				validated area status, effective February 1, 1998, are hereby adopted by
				reference, except for the definition of "official vaccinate (adult)" in chapter
				1, part 1.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 2 - BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS › Section 9-2-33 - Change of ownership requirements for intrastate movement

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"Test eligible cattle," as defined in the uniform methods and
				rules, that are offered for sale or sold shall be tested for brucellosis on the
				date of sale. The seller shall be responsible for brucellosis testing.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 2 - BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS › Section 9-2-34 - F branding of heifers

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(a) All sexually
			 intact female feeder cattle, 18 months of age or younger, originating in "b"
			 and "c" states, must be branded with the letter "F" on the left jaw or the left
			 tail head. All female feeder cattle shall be branded at the farm of origin or
			 first point of concentration except those going to a licensed Kansas feedlot.
			 The letter "F" shall be at least three inches by two inches in size. All female
			 feeder cattle moving direct to Kansas licensed feedlots shall be exempt.
(b) All spayed female cattle from
			 "b" and "c" states shall be individually identified with a metal eartag or be
			 branded with an open spade brand on the left jaw.
(c) Replacement female cattle from "b" and
			 "c" states must originate from a certified brucellosis free herd or enter the
			 state upon approval from the Kansas livestock commissioner.
(d) All livestock from "b" and "c" states
			 moving into Kansas shall have:
(1) A valid
			 certificate of veterinary inspection; and
(2) a permit from the animal health
			 department.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 2 - BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS › Section 9-2-35 - Movement of sexually intact catle and bison from designated surveillance areas

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(a) Each of the
			 following terms, as used in this regulation, shall have the meaning specified
			 in this subsection:
(1) "Designated
			 surveillance area" and "DSA" mean any area identified by the USDA with an
			 elevated risk for brucellosis infection due to serological evidence of brucella
			 exposure in wild elk sampled in that area.
(2) "Official identification" means a unique
			 and permanent form of individual animal identification approved by the USDA's
			 animal and plant health inspection service or the animal health commissioner.
			 This term shall not include breed registration tatoos, brands, or any
			 registered brand even if the registered brand is accompanied by a brand
			 inspection certificate.
(3)
			 "Official test" means a USDA-approved test for brucellosis conducted at a
			 USDA-approved lab pursuant to "brucellosis eradication: uniform methods and
			 rules," which is adopted by reference in
			 K.A.R.
			 9-2-32.
(4) "USDA" means United States department of
			 agriculture.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 2 - BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS › Section 9-2-36 - Official calfhood vaccination tag; fees

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Any accredited veterinarian licensed in Kansas may request official
				calfhood vaccination tags from the animal health commissioner subject to any
				required fees. The fees may include reimbursement to the animal health commissioner
				for the actual cost of each official calfhood vaccination tag and a processing fee
				of $.20 for each official calfhood vaccination tag. All applicable fees shall be
				specified in a written or an electronic invoice provided by the animal health
				commissioner before shipping the requested official calfhood vaccination tags.
				(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 47-1831; effective May 13, 2022.)
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-1 - Definitions

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(1) Herd. A herd of
			 swine shall include all swine on the premises of any owner of swine, or other
			 person in possession, which swine are 6 months of age and over, exclusive of
			 feeder swine maintained separate and apart from the swine kept for breeding
			 purposes, and production therefrom.
(2) Negative herd test. A negative herd test
			 means a test in which no agglutination titre exceeds a reaction of incomplete
			 in the 1-100 dilution on the plate test or when no animal in the herd reacts on
			 the brucella card test.
(3)
			 Negative animal test. A negative animal test means a test in which the
			 agglutination titre is negative in the 1-25 dilution on the plate test or
			 negative on the brucella card test.
(4) Swine reactor. A swine reactor means any
			 porcine animal showing a complete reaction in the 1-100 dilution of the blood
			 agglutination test or complete agglutination on the brucella card test.
(5) Infected herd. An infected
			 herd means any herd for which the herd test discloses one or more animals
			 reacting completely in the dilution of 1-100 or higher on the plate test, then
			 any animal in the herd showing a reaction of complete in dilution of 1-25, or
			 higher shall be considered a reactor. Any animal in the herd reacting in the
			 brucella card test.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-2 - Validated brucellosis-free swine herd

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(1) Validation: A
			 herd may be validated when the swine therein have passed one negative herd
			 test. This includes all animals 6 months of age and over, with no agglutination
			 tests being positive in the dilution of 1:100, or higher, on the plate test or
			 no reactors on the brucella card test.
(2) Requirements for maintaining validated
			 brucellosis-free herd: Annual herd blood test of all animals 6 months of age
			 and over and herd additions limited to:
(a)
			 Swine from validated herds, without a test, and
(b) Swine from herds where clinical evidence,
			 or history, does not indicate infection, and which shall have passed a negative
			 test within 30 days prior to herd addition. Such swine shall be held in
			 isolation from herd to which they are intended as additions, until found to be
			 negative to a retest 60 to 90 days from date of first test.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-3 - Plans for eradicating brucellosis from infected swine herds

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If infection is disclosed in swine herds, one of the following
				plans should be selected for eradicating the disease and for subsequent
				qualifying the herd for validated brucellosis-free status, if desired. Infected
				herds under test for area validation status should also choose one of these
				plans to eradicate brucellosis from the herd:
A. Plan 1 This plan is recommended for
			 commercial herds found infected. The following procedures should be carried
			 out:
(a) Market the entire herd for slaughter
			 as soon as practicable.
(b) Clean
			 and disinfect houses and equipment.
(c) Restock premises with animals (from
			 validated brucellosis-free herds), placing them on ground that has been free of
			 swine for at least 60 days.
(d)
			 After 2 consecutive negative tests, not less than 60 nor more than 90 days
			 apart, the herd is eligible for validated brucellosis-free herd status.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-4 - Official program work and reports

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All official work shall be conducted by an authorized licensed,
				accredited veterinarian and the work shall be at the expense and liability of
				the swine owners, except fee-basis testing of swine is authorized in areas not
				validated brucellosis free and the testing shall be limited to suspicious and
				infected herds and area validation. Blood samples shall be tested at a
				state-federal cooperative laboratory. All testing shall be reported to the
				livestock commissioner on official brucellosis test charts and the reports
				shall show the date, name and address of the owner, the positive identification
				of the animal tested, and test results.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-5 - Quarantine

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When brucellosis is found in a herd, all swine on the premises
				where such disease is found, shall be under quarantine until released by the
				livestock sanitary commissioner of Kansas.
Shipments to slaughter may be authorized by a shipping permit
				issued by the livestock sanitary commissioner of Kansas.
All swine moved to slaughter on a permit shall be identified in
				a manner approved by the livestock sanitary commissioner of Kansas.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-7 - Fees

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(a) Each applicant
			 for an annual domesticated cervid permit issued pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 47-2101 et seq., and amendments thereto,
			 shall pay one of the following application fees:
(1) For 1-19 domesticated cervids,
			 $75.00;
(2) for 20-49 domesticated
			 cervids, $125.00; or
(3) for 50 or
			 more domesticated cervids, $175.00.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-8 - Records

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Each holder of a domesticated cervid permit shall maintain
				records for each domesticated cervid purchased, acquired, held, transported,
				sold, or disposed of in any other manner. Each cervid, regardless of age, that
				enters a herd or leaves a herd alive for any purpose other than for direct
				movement to slaughter shall have official identification before change of
				ownership. The records shall be held for at least five years after the animal
				dies or leaves the premises and shall include the following information:
(a)
(1) The
			 name and either the residential or business address of the person from whom
			 each domesticated cervid was acquired; and
(2) the geographic location from which each
			 domesticated cervid was acquired, if this location is different from the
			 residential or business address in paragraph (a)(1);
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-9 - Certificate of veterinary inspection; importation and intrastate movement requirements and permits

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(a) Each cervid
			 imported into Kansas shall be identified with official identification and shall
			 be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection.
(b) Each individual importing a cervid into
			 Kansas shall obtain an import permit from the Kansas department of agriculture,
			 division of animal health before the cervid enters Kansas. The cervid shall not
			 be allowed entry into Kansas without this permit.
(c) Each animal of the genera Odocoileus,
			 Cervus, and Alces, including whitetail deer, mule deer, black-tailed deer and
			 associated subspecies. North American elk (wapiti), red deer, sika deer, moose,
			 and any hybrids of these spedes, and the genera Rangifer, including reindeer
			 and caribou, regardless of age, not moving directly to a licensed slaughter
			 establishment within Kansas shall originate and move directly from a herd with
			 at least five years of herd status in the APHIS herd certification program or
			 an equivalent program administered by the office of the state veterinarian in
			 the state of origin.
Muntjacs, Fere David's deer, fallow deer, and axis deer shall
				be exempt from the monitoring requirements for CWD in
				K.A.R.
				9-3-15 and
				9-3-16. Other
				cervid species may be exempted by the commissioner if the species are
				determined by APHIS to be nonsusceptible to CWD.
(d) All cervids originating from an area
			 identified by APHIS as a designated surveillance area shall be prohibited entry
			 into Kansas.
(e) Each domesticated
			 cervid, except nursing young under four months of age and accompanied by their
			 dam, that is entering Kansas, is not from a herd accredited by APHIS to be
			 TB-free, and is not moving directly to a licensed slaughter establishment in
			 Kansas shall be required to test negative for TB, using an approved test
			 administered twice at least 90 days apart. The first test shall be administered
			 no more than 180 days before entry into Kansas, and the second test shall be
			 administered no more than 90 days before entry.
(f) Any imported cervid may be quarantined
			 for a re-test for TB by order of the commissioner.
(g) Each domesticated cervid, alive or dead,
			 transported within the state of Kansas shall be accompanied by a completed
			 transportation notice signed by the shipper on a form provided by the Kansas
			 department of agriculture, division of animal health. One copy of the notice
			 shall be mailed to the commissioner, one copy shall accompany the shipment, and
			 one copy shall be retained by the shipper. The shipper shall possess a current
			 domesticated cervid permit.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-10 - Brucellosis

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(a) Any adult
			 domesticated cer-vid known or suspected to have been exposed to brucellosis may
			 be quarantined for a test or retest for brucellosis by order of the
			 commissioner.
(b) The owner of any
			 domesticated cervid herd infected with brucellosis shall take either of the
			 following steps:
(1) Quarantine and
			 depopulate the herd; or
(2)
			 quarantine the herd until a herd plan to eradicate brucellosis from the
			 infected herd has been completed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-11 - Tuberculosis

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(a) The following
			 portions of the document titled "bovine tuberculosis eradication: uniform
			 methods and rules, effective January 22, 1999," published by APHIS, are hereby
			 adopted by reference:
(1) Part I, except the
			 definitions of "affected herd," "approved laboratory," "herd," and "individual
			 herd plan";
(2) part II, except
			 II.A and II.K.3;
(3) part
			 IV;
(4) part VI; and
(5) appendix 1.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-12 - Confinement, handling, and health

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(a) Perimeter fencing. Each owner shall
			 confine domesticated cervids with perimeter fencing, which shall meet the
			 following requirements:
(1) Provide a barrier
			 that prevents the escape of the domesticated cervids confined within and
			 prevents the entry of wild cervids from outside the fenced area;
(2) be structurally sound;
(3) be in good repair; and
(4) be of sufficient height to prevent
			 escape, but not less than eight feet for elk, red deer, whitetail deer, moose,
			 and mule deer and not less than six feet for all other types of domesticated
			 cervid. Any perimeter fencing constructed before January 23, 1998 that does not
			 meet the height requirements in this paragraph may be utilized subject to
			 written approval of the commissioner. All new fencing constructed on these
			 premises shall meet the requirements of this paragraph.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-13 - Escaped domesticated cervids

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(a) The owner of any domesticated cervid that
			 has escaped confinement shall report the animal as missing to the commissioner
			 within 48 hours of noticing the animal missing. This report shall include the
			 following information:
(1) The breed or
			 species of cervid that has escaped;
(2) the sex of the escaped animal;
(3) the date the animal was found to be
			 missing;
(4) the official
			 identification of the animal; and
(5) any secondary identification on the
			 animal, including plastic tags and brands.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-14 - Handling, care, treatment, and transportation

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The following portions of 9 C.F.R. part 3, as in effect on
				January 1, 2013, as applied to cervids, are hereby adopted by reference:
(a) Secs. 3.125 through 3.133, except sec.
			 3.127(d); and
(b) secs. 3.136
			 through 3.142, except that in sec. 3.136(c), "a veterinarian accredited by this
			 Department" shall be replaced by "a veterinarian accredited by APHIS," and
			 "part 160 of this title" shall be replaced by " 9 C.F.R. Part 160."
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-15 - Participation in the chronic wasting disease monitoring program

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(a) Each
			 participating herd shall be maintained or held only on premises for which a
			 current domesticated cervid permit has been issued by the commissioner. If a
			 herd owner wishes to maintain separate herds, the herd owner shall maintain
			 separate herd inventories, records, working facilities, water sources,
			 equipment, and land use. There shall be a buffer zone of at least 30 feet
			 between the perimeter fencing around each separate herd, and no commingling may
			 occur. Movement between herds shall be recorded as if the herds were separately
			 owned.
(b) Each application for
			 enrollment of a herd in the chronic wasting disease program shall be submitted
			 on a form provided by the commissioner and shall include the following:
(1) Documentation that a current domesticated
			 cervid permit has been issued to the owner of the premises on which the herd is
			 held or maintained;
(2) a copy of
			 an initial herd inventory, including documentation of at least one form of
			 official identification for each animal and one form of other visible
			 identification, including eartags, brands, and any other means that are unique
			 to that animal in the herd; and
(3)
			 adequate herd records and documentation of the history of the herd since it
			 originated or over at least the previous 60 months, whichever is less,
			 including the following:
(A) For each animal
			 added to the herd, any available records documenting the herd status of the
			 herd from which the animal was transferred; and
(B) records establishing that no animal has
			 displayed any clinical signs of CWD and that the herd has not had any
			 CWD-positive animals.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-16 - Program levels

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(a) Each
			 participating herd shall be assigned herd status based on the following:
(1) The number of years that the
			 participating herd has been under surveillance with no evidence of CWD;
			 and
(2) the herd owner's compliance
			 with K.A.R. 9-3-15 .
Herd status shall be reassigned based on the herd status of
				each herd from which the participating herd has received any animal.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-17 - CWD-infected herds

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Each CWD-infected herd shall be subject to the following
				requirements:
(a) A herd quarantine
			 shall be issued by the commissioner immediately after receiving a report from
			 an approved laboratory of a positive test for CWD in an animal from a
			 herd.
(b) A herd plan shall be
			 developed by a representative of the commissioner and the owner within 21 days
			 of the date the herd quarantine is issued. This herd plan shall be approved by
			 the owner, the state APHIS representative, and the commissioner and shall
			 detail how animal movement into and from the CWD-infected herd may
			 occur.
(c) Each domesticated cervid
			 permittee shall notify the commissioner of the death of any animal in a
			 CWD-in-fected herd. The notice shall be given to the commissioner within 24
			 hours of the discovery of the animal's death. An approved test shall be
			 administered by a designee of the commissioner to the carcass of each animal in
			 the CWD-infected herd that dies.
(d) If an animal in a CWD-infected herd shows
			 symptomatic or clinical signs of CWD, the domesticated cervid permittee shall
			 notify the commissioner. The animal shall be euthanized and administered an
			 approved test by a designee of the commissioner.
(e) The carcass of each CWD-positive animal
			 shall be disposed of only by a method and at a site approved by the
			 commissioner and the secretary of the Kansas department of health and
			 environment or the secretary's designee.
(f) The quarantine on the CWD-infected herd
			 shall be removed after five consecutive years in which there are no animals in
			 the CWD-infected herd with any clinical signs of CWD and no positive results on
			 an approved test. The owner of a CWD-infected herd may apply to reenroll the
			 herd in the program with a year-five herd status.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 4 - DISPOSAL PLANTS › Section 9-4-1 - Definitions

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(a) "Commissioner"
			 means the livestock sanitary commissioner of the state of Kansas.
(b) "Inedible meat" means meat and meat
			 products derived from dead, dying, disabled, diseased, or condemned animals, or
			 animals whose meat or meat products are otherwise unsuitable for human
			 consumption, and shall include meat or meat products regardless of origin which
			 have deteriorated so far as to be unfit for human consumption.
(c) "Decharacterization" means the uniform
			 application of sufficient quantities of dye, charcoal, malodorous fish oil,
			 acid or any other agent approved by the commissioner, upon and into freshly
			 slashed flesh, or inedible meat, so as to unequivocally preclude its use in
			 human food.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 4 - DISPOSAL PLANTS › Section 9-4-2 - Inedible meats

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Inedible meats, (except hides, meat meal, or bone meal, being
				shipped from a disposal plant) shall be packed in type of container approved by
				the commissioner. The container so used, shall be clearly marked or stamped
				with the legend "unfit for human consumption." Lettering used in the legend
				shall be at least as large as any other lettering on the container, and in no
				event shall the lettering in the legend, be smaller than one-half inch in
				height or less than one-half inch in width. Master containers or cartons shall
				not exceed 100 pounds.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 4 - DISPOSAL PLANTS › Section 9-4-3 - Handling of inedible meats; identification and decharacterization

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Inedible meats, placed into overnight cooler storage, shall be
				readily identified as an inedible product, by the direct application of green
				ink, or by the direct application of charcoal, to the exposed exterior surfaces
				of the carcasses, or major parts, in sufficient amounts to clearly identify it
				as an inedible product.
Boned meat shall be ground, or shall be in small pieces not
				more than four inches in diameter. Boned meat may be processed in pieces larger
				than four inches in diameter if such pieces are promptly slashed at no more
				than two-inch intervals, and if an approved denaturing agent is promptly and
				freely applied to all outside and slashed surfaces.
Application of any denaturing agent to the outside surface of
				molds, or to outside of blocks, of boned inedible meats shall not be adequate.
				The denaturing agent shall be mixed intimately with all inedible meats sought
				to be denatured. Sufficient denaturant shall be used to give the inedible
				meats, so distinctive a color, odor, or taste, that it is not susceptible of
				being confused with any article for human food.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 4 - DISPOSAL PLANTS › Section 9-4-4 - Records

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Each disposal plant operator shall maintain complete and
				accurate records as to amount of inedible meats denatured, the amount sold, to
				whom sold, the address of the consignee, and how and by whom hauled. Such
				records shall be open to inspection by the commissioner, or his authorized
				agent, at all times during the normal working hours at such establishment.
Copies of invoices of all sales shall be forwarded to the
				commissioner, not later than the 10th of each month, covering the previous
				month's transactions.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 4 - DISPOSAL PLANTS › Section 9-4-5 - Sales of inedible meats; registration

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Inedible meat products
(1) may be sold, when properly
			 decharacterized, for shipment directly to a plant producing dog food, or
(2) may be sold to a person for
			 use in feeding dogs, pets, mink or other animals, as allowed by the
			 commissioner. A disposal operator shall register with the commissioner, before
			 he engages in the business of selling inedible meats. This registration shall
			 be in writing. After the disposal plant operator (1) has made application for
			 registration to engage in such activity, and (2) has informed the commissioner
			 where the inedible meats are to be sold, and
(3) has had his disposal plant inspected, and
(4) such plant has been determined
			 to be adequate to process and handle inedible meats, the commissioner may issue
			 a registration certificate to the applicant.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 5 - GARBAGE FEEDING › Section 9-5-1 - Movement or sale of garbage fed hogs

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All swine fed garbage or slaughterhouse refuse shall be so fed
				and handled under quarantine. It shall be unlawful to move or sell any animals
				which have been fed garbage or slaughterhouse refuse, unless such garbage or
				slaughterhouse refuse has been adequately cooked. Such animals, so fed, only
				may be lawfully moved or lawfully sold, if accompanied by an official
				inspection certificate and permit, authorizing such movement or sale and a
				quarantine release. Such certificate and permit shall be executed by the
				livestock sanitary commissioner, or by his approved representative.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 5 - GARBAGE FEEDING › Section 9-5-2 - Receiving, purchasing or slaughtering animals fed garbage or slaughterhouse refuse

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It shall be unlawful for any person, knowingly, to receive or
				to purchase from another, or to slaughter any animal which has been fed garbage
				or slaughterhouse refuse; unless such animal has been fed garbage or cooked
				slaughterhouse refuse which has been adequately cooked and is accompanied by
				health certificate, permit, and quarantine release. Animals so fed may be
				lawfully received, if accompanied by an inspection certificate, permit, and
				quarantine release issued by the livestock sanitary commissioner, or by his
				approved representative, within 48 hours, prior to the delivery of such
				animals.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 5 - GARBAGE FEEDING › Section 9-5-3 - Destruction of diseased swine; indemnity

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Swine that develop the disease of vesicular exanthema shall be
				slaughtered under directive of the livestock sanitary commissioner, or shall be
				otherwise disposed of under supervision of the federal agricultural research
				service (ARS) and processed in a manner determined and approved by such agency.
				Such animals shall be appraised, and indemnity shall be paid as provided by
				law, insofar as funds for the purpose are available. Swine fed uncooked garbage
				or uncooked slaughterhouse refuse shall not be eligible for indemnity payments.
				Any owner of swine who had failed to comply with any or all laws and
				regulations in regard to feeding cooked garbage, any person who has violated
				any quarantine or other regulation invoked to control and eradicate vesicular
				exanthema, shall not be eligible for indemnity payments.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 5 - GARBAGE FEEDING › Section 9-5-4 - Feeding platforms and other feeding equipment

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It shall be unlawful for any person to feed cooked garbage or
				cooked slaughterhouse refuse to animals, except on a feeding platform
				constructed of concrete or other approved impervious material. Curbs or feeding
				troughs shall be provided to confine all refuse to the platform.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 5 - GARBAGE FEEDING › Section 9-5-5 - Disposal of materials removed from feeding platforms

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Feeding platforms and troughs shall be cleaned daily, or
				frequently enough to maintain sanitary conditions as required by the livestock
				sanitary commissioner. It shall be unlawful for anyone to dispose of materials
				cleaned or removed from a feeding platform, used for feeding cooked garbage or
				cooked slaughterhouse refuse, except into a place and in a manner approved by
				the livestock sanitary commissioner.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 5 - GARBAGE FEEDING › Section 9-5-6 - Veterinarian inspectors to supervise garbage and refuse feeding operations

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It shall be unlawful for anyone to feed cooked garbage or
				cooked slaughterhouse refuse to animals which will be offered for sale or for
				slaughter, without first having obtained the approval of the livestock sanitary
				commissioner, or a veterinarian employed by the owner of such animals, for
				purposes of supervising the health and release for sale or for slaughter of
				animals being so fed.