Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 302 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 20 - Livestock Sanitation › Section 302 KAR 20:010 - Definitions for 302 KAR Chapter 20

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapters 246, 257,
				9
				C.F.R. 161.1-161.4
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				257.030(4) authorizes the
				Board of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to
				administer KRS Chapter 257. This administrative regulation establishes
				definitions for 302 KAR Chapter 20, which implements KRS Chapter 257.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Accredited veterinarian" means a
			 veterinarian accredited in accordance with the provisions of
			 9
			 C.F.R. 161.1 to
			 161.4.
(2) "Animal" means any species of livestock,
			 poultry, menagerie animals, exotic animals, feral, wild, or captive animals,
			 pet birds, canine, feline, or ferret.
(3) "Animal identification number" or "AIN"
			 means a unique, individual identification number that is:
(a) Issued by a state or a federal agency or
			 by a provider approved by a state or federal agency; and
(b) Registered to the person or premises
			 responsible for the animal.
(4) "Approved Kentucky horse sale" means a
			 regularly-scheduled public equine sale that does not require certification of
			 EIA testing and preconsignment and that meets the requirements of
			 302 KAR
			 20:261.
(5) "Area veterinarian in charge" means the
			 federal veterinarian in charge of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
			 Service, Veterinary Services, United States Department of
			 Agriculture.
(6) "Board" is defined
			 by
			 KRS
			 257.010(1).
(7) "Captive wild" means an animal that:
(a) Has a phenotype not significantly
			 affected by human selection; and
(b) Lives under supervision or control of
			 humans.
(8) "Certificate
			 of Veterinary Inspection" or "CVI" means an official document approved by the
			 chief animal health official of the state of origin or by USDA APHIS VS for
			 verification of veterinary inspection that is issued by a licensed and
			 accredited veterinarian.
(9)
			 "Certificate of Veterinary Inspection Reconsignment Form" means an official
			 form approved by the state veterinarian of the state of origin that is attached
			 to a valid CVI for the movement of animals from a sale to the buyer's
			 premises.
(10) "Chief livestock
			 health official" means State Veterinarian, Department of Agriculture, or his
			 authorized representative.
(11)
			 "Circus animal" means a trained animal used in an entertainment show.
(12) "Commingled" means animals from one (1)
			 premises that are mixed or assembled with animals from any other
			 premises.
(13) "Commissioner" is
			 defined by
			 KRS
			 257.010(2).
(14) "Communicable disease" is defined by
			 KRS
			 257.010(3).
(15) "Concentration point" or "assembly
			 point" means any place where livestock or poultry are assembled or commingled
			 together by any person using any method or vehicle for sale, resale, or
			 barter.
(16) "Cull pig" means a pig
			 that does not pass a veterinary inspection for health.
(17) "Department" is defined by
			 KRS
			 246.010(3).
(18) "EID" means a device electronically
			 encoded with a unique identification and meeting the applicable International
			 Standards Organization (ISO) standards.
(19) "Equine Infectious Anemia test
			 certificate" or "EIA test certificate" means a federal or state-approved form
			 for recording the identification of the animal, the test results, and the
			 testing laboratory.
(20) "Equine
			 Interstate Event Permit" means an official document issued by a State
			 Veterinarian, Chief Animal Health Official, or an authorized representative of
			 a state participating in a mutual agreement with Kentucky that meets specific
			 requirements for CVI information and EIA testing.
(21) "Exhibition" means a fair, show,
			 exposition, rodeo, competition, or trail ride.
(22) "Exotic" means any animal or disease
			 that is not known to exist naturally in Kentucky.
(23) "Feral" means an animal that:
(a) Was previously domestic; and
(b) Now lives without supervision, control
			 by, or dependence on humans.
(24) "Garbage" means all animal and vegetable
			 waste resulting from the handling, preparation, consuming, and cooking of food;
			 unconsumed food in all public and private establishments and residences; and
			 the offal and carcasses of dead animals, poultry, and fish or parts
			 thereof.
(25) "Graded" means
			 grouping of animals for sale purposes.
(26) "Group or lot identification number"
			 means a unique identifier number for a group or lot of animals moved through
			 the production chain as a group.
(27) "Interstate" means movement into or
			 through any other state.
(28)
			 "Intrastate" means movement solely within the boundaries of the Commonwealth of
			 Kentucky.
(29) "Licensed
			 veterinarian" means a graduate veterinarian approved by a state licensing
			 board.
(30) "Livestock" is defined
			 by
			 KRS
			 246.010(8) and
			 257.010(8).
(31) "Menagerie animal" means a domestic or
			 nondomestic animal kept individually or as part of a collection primarily for
			 purposes of exhibition or competition.
(32) "Movement" means the act of moving,
			 shipping, transporting, delivering, receiving, or collecting animals by any
			 means, method, or vehicle by any person for any purpose.
(33) "National poultry improvement plan" or
			 "NPIP" is defined by
			 KRS
			 257.010(10).
(34) "Office of State Veterinarian" or "OSV"
			 means that section of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture that implements
			 the provisions of 302 KAR Chapter 20.
(35) "Official calfhood vaccinate" means a
			 female bovine vaccinated with an approved Brucella vaccine as specified in the
			 vaccination protocol set forth by 9 C.F.R. Part 78 .
(36) "Owner" is defined by
			 KRS
			 257.010(11).
(37) "Person" means any individual, firm,
			 association, partnership, or corporation.
(38) "Pet bird" means any member of avian
			 species other than poultry that is kept in confinement.
(39) "Poultry" is defined by
			 KRS
			 257.010(12).
(40) "Premises" is defined by
			 KRS
			 257.010(13).
(41) "Premises Identification Number" or
			 "PIN" means a unique identifier issued by the USDA APHIS VS or by a state
			 animal health agency that identifies a location where livestock or poultry are
			 held or commingled.
(42)
			 "Psittacine" means of or belonging to the family Psittacidae, which includes
			 parrots, macaws, and parakeets.
(43) "Recognized slaughtering center" means a
			 slaughtering establishment approved in accordance with
			 21
			 U.S.C. 601-695
			 and 9 C.F.R. Part 77 where slaughtering facilities are provided and to which
			 animals are regularly shipped and slaughtered.
(44) "Service dog" means a dog with special
			 training to assist persons with vision, hearing, or other physical or mental
			 disability.
(45) "State-federal
			 approved stockyard" means a stockyard which complies with 9 C.F.R. Part 71 and
			 302 KAR 20:070 for
			 specific movements of livestock and which has been approved by the chief animal
			 health official and area veterinarian in charge.
(46) "State veterinarian" means the chief
			 animal health official of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture or an
			 authorized representative.
(47)
			 "Stockyards" is defined by
			 KRS
			 261.200(4).
(48) "Telemarketing" means an electronic form
			 of marketing animals regulated by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture,
			 Office of Agriculture Marketing and Product Promotion.
(49) "USDA APHIS VS" means the United States
			 Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service,
			 Veterinary Services.
(50) "Wild"
			 means an animal that:
(a) Has a phenotype
			 unaffected by human selection; and
(b) Lives independent of direct human
			 supervision or control.