Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 05 - Animal Health › Part 6 - Rules and Regulations Relating to the Importation of Equines from Contagious Equine Metritis Affected Countries › Section 250-RICR-40-05-6.8 - Standards for CEM Quarantine Facility

Current through June 14, 2024
A. A proposed
				  quarantine facility must be inspected and approved by State and/or Federal
				  personnel prior to horses being placed in CEM quarantine. Any approved facility
				  must be inspected and re-approved at least annually. Any approved facility that
				  has not housed an equine subject to quarantine for the previous six months must
				  be inspected by State and/or Federal personnel before the facility can be used
				  to quarantine an equine.
B. The
				  facility must be an enclosed building of sound permanent construction, capable
				  of being effectively cleaned and disinfected. Any adjacent pastures, pens,
				  rings, paddocks, or other outdoor facilities that are utilized by horses in
				  quarantine are considered part of the facility, and as such, subject to the
				  same standards regarding visitors, pets, contact with non-quarantined horses,
				  inspection, access by personnel, waste disposal, etc.
C. The quarantine facility must be clearly
				  identified as such by posted signs.
D. The facility must be large enough to
				  accommodate all animals involved in the quarantine.
E. The facility must contain a sufficient
				  number of stalls for all horses in quarantine where in order that individual
				  horses can shall be kept in a separate stall with each stall divided from each
				  other by an empty stall, an empty area where horses cannot touch each other, or
				  by a solid wall that is at least 8 feet high. The facility must provide
				  isolation from other horses and common traffic. Nose-to-nose contact by the
				  horses must not occur.
F. The
				  facility must be secure so that horses may not escape or be removed from the
				  facility without authorization and to prevent other animals or unauthorized
				  personnel from entering.
G.
				  Drainage from the facility shall not flow into areas where non-quarantined
				  horses are being maintained on the premises.
H. During the quarantine period, all
				  equipment that has contact with a quarantined equine, including but not limited
				  to, equipment used for exercising, feeding, watering, grooming, and cleaning
				  must remain in the quarantine area and their use must be limited only to the
				  animals in quarantine.
I. After
				  each culture or treatment, all gloves, sleeves, specula, and other disposable
				  materials will be placed in plastic garbage bags and disposed of as regulated
				  medical waste. Alternatively, this material will be stored until quarantine is
				  released (and providing that all cultures and other tests are negative), when
				  they may be disposed of as non-regulated waste.
J. The facility shall be available to
				  accredited attending veterinarians and State or Federal animal health personnel
				  at any time necessary to conduct the required testing or quarantine observation
				  procedures.
K. Visitors and pets
				  will not be permitted into the quarantine area unless authorized by State or
				  APHIS personnel.
L. All horses
				  under CEM quarantine must remain in the facility until released by a State
				  Animal Health Official.