Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XXI - Animals and Animal Health › Chapter 17 - Alternative Livestock-White-Tailed Deer and Captive Cervids (Formerly Chapter 15) › Section XXI-1707 - Issuance of Farm-Raising License; Renewals (Formerly§1505)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any person who
				keeps, breeds, raises, contains, harvests, kills, slaughters, buys, sells,
				trades, or transfers ownership of any type of farm-raised alternative livestock
				for commercial purposes shall obtain a farm-raising license, from the
				department prior to engaging in such activity.
B. The department shall not issue any
				farm-raising license until the application for the farm-raising license and the
				information requested, including the required plan for the operation of the
				farm, is approved by the department and the proposed farm passes the
				department's requirements and inspection.
C. Any changes in any information submitted
				in the original application, occurring during or after the application process,
				shall be submitted in writing to the department. The department must approve,
				in writing, any change or modification, which shall be in writing, in the
				written farm operation plan submitted with the original application before such
				change or modification, may go into effect.
D. A farm-raising license shall be valid for
				the period beginning with the date of issuance and ending the following June 30
				or from July 1 of the year of renewal through the following June 30.
E. A farm-raising license may be renewed each
				year by the department. A licensee shall submit a written request for renewal,
				the renewal fee, any proposed modification, which shall be in writing, of the
				written farm operation plan previously submitted to and approved by the
				department and any proof requested by the department of compliance by the
				licensee with part I of chapter 19-A of title 3 of the
Revised
				Statutes
, these rules and regulations, the written farm operation plan
				submitted to and approved by the department and any quarantine. If either the
				written request for renewal or the renewal fee is received by the department
				after July 31, the farm-raising license shall be deemed expired,
ipso
				facto
, retroactive to June 30.
F. In the event that the department
				determines that a farm does not meet the requirements of or was not complying
				with part I of chapter 19-A of title 3 of the
Revised
				Statutes
, these rules and regulations, the written farm operation plan
				submitted to and approved by the department and any quarantine the farm-raising
				license may not be renewed by the department.
G. The licensee may contest the department's
				decision not to renew a farm-raising license by filing a written request for an
				adjudicatory hearing with the department within 15 days from receipt of the
				notice of nonrenewal. Such a hearing is to be held in accordance with the
				provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Any such hearing shall be held
				within 30 days of the request, unless continued for good cause.
H. A farm-raising license is
				non-transferrable without written approval from the department. In the event of
				a change in ownership of a farm, the new owner or operator shall submit a
				transfer application to the department. The transfer application shall detail
				any changes in the approved farm operation plan. The transferee shall meet all
				requirements set forth in this Chapter in order for the transfer to be
				approved.
1. Upon receipt of the transfer
				application and all additional requested information, the department shall
				issue approval or denial of the transfer request within 30 days. If a transfer
				is denied, the applicant may, within 7 days of receipt of the denial, file an
				appeal of the departments decision with the Board of Animal Health. The appeal
				will be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure
				Act.