Virginia Administrative Code › Title 2 - AGRICULTURE › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 141 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE ADMISSION OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS, PET ANIMALS, AND OTHER ANIMALS OR BIRDS INTO VIRGINIA › Section 2VAC5-141-130 - Primate entry requirements; exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Within the 10 days prior to its date of
				entry into Virginia, a primate must be deemed healthy and free of infectious
				diseases after examination by an accredited veterinarian, and all required
				tests must be completed. Proof of examination and test results must be
				submitted with the permit request and on a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection
				in a format approved by the State Veterinarian.
B. All primates imported into Virginia must
				be microchipped, and such microchip number must be noted on the Certificate of
				Veterinary Inspection.
C. The
				Certificate of Veterinary Inspection shall include a statement attesting to the
				fact that the veterinarian has carefully examined the oral mucosa of the
				primate and has found no evidence of disease lesions or inflammatory
				processes.
D. A primate imported
				into Virginia shall be subject to a tuberculosis test performed by a state,
				federal, tribal, or accredited veterinarian and be found negative within 30
				days prior to entry into Virginia. If using a tuberculosis test other than the
				intradermal test, it is permissible for test results to be recorded on the
				Certificate of Veterinary Inspection as pending, as long as the results are
				reported to the State Veterinarian within three business days of entry and the
				animal is isolated upon arrival until the test results are reported.
E. A primate that has been associated with a
				colony in which other primates have shown a response to the tuberculin test
				shall not be eligible for entry into Virginia until all primates in the colony
				have passed two consecutive tuberculosis tests not less than 30 days
				apart.
F. A primate kept properly
				under control by its owner or custodian when traveling through Virginia to
				another state shall not be subject to the requirements of this
				chapter.
G. A primate brought into
				Virginia by a resident of Virginia or by a resident of another state who
				intends to make his residence in Virginia shall not be subject to the
				requirements of this chapter unless the primate is brought into Virginia to be
				offered for public adoption, transfer, sale, trade, or promotional
				incentive.
H. A primate brought
				into Virginia for fewer than 10 days for the purpose of legal exhibition with
				no change of ownership shall not be subject to the requirements of this
				chapter.
I. This section shall not
				be construed to (i) permit the entry into Virginia of any species of animal
				otherwise prohibited or restricted by any state or federal law, regulation, or
				directive or (ii) contravene additional entry requirements imposed by any state
				or federal law, regulation, or directive.
J. All testing required by this section shall
				be considered official if (i) conducted by a state, federal, tribal, or
				accredited veterinarian or (ii) collected by a state, federal, tribal, or
				accredited veterinarian and conducted by an official animal health laboratory
				approved by a state or federal animal health agency as dictated by testing
				protocol.
Statutory Authority: §§
											3.2-5902
					 and
					 3.2-6002
					 of the Code of Virginia.