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Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Act
-The Rabies Prevention and Control in
					 Domestic Animals and Wildlife Act (3 P. S. §
											§
											455.1-455.12).
Cat
-A carnivorous mammal scientifically
					 known as
Felis catus
which spends part of a 24-hour day in a
					 residence inhabited by a human being. For the purposes of Subchapter B
					 (relating to control of rabies), the term includes members of the
Felis
					 catus
species regardless of their location or relationship to
					 humans.
Certificate of vaccination
-A statement
					 signed by a licensed veterinarian attesting to the vaccination of a dog or cat
					 and recording the identification, breed, sex, age and color of the animal, the
					 vaccination tag number, the name, lot number, duration of immunity and
					 manufacturer of the vaccine and the date of vaccination.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture
					 of the Commonwealth.
Dog
-The genus and species known as
Canis familiaris
.
Domestic animal
-An equine animal, bovine
					 animal, sheep, goat, pig, dog or cat.
Exposed to rabies
-A human or domestic
					 animal that has been bitten by an animal infected with rabies or that has had
					 an open wound, scratch, eye or mucous membrane in contact with saliva from an
					 animal infected with rabies.
Licensed kennel
-A kennel that is licensed
					 by the Department under the Dog Law (3 P. S. §
											§
											459-101-459-1205).
Official rabies test
-Fluorescent antibody,
					 animal inoculation or other tests which have been or may be approved by the
					 USDA or the USPHS and which are conducted in a State laboratory or other
					 facility designated by the Secretary.
Person
-An individual, partnership,
					 association or corporation.
Quarantine
-Restriction of the movement,
					 use and disposition of animals, premises, equipment, vehicles and other
					 articles to prevent the spread of rabies.
Rabies
-In man and animal, hydrophobia, an
					 acute viral disease of the central nervous system usually transmitted to man
					 through the injection of saliva by an animal bite.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
					 Department.
Suspected of having rabies
-A mammal
					 exhibiting behavior which, in the opinion of a veterinarian, public health
					 official or official representative of the Department, the Department of Health
					 or the Game Commission, is suggestive of infection with rabies.
USDA
-The United States Department of
					 Agriculture.
USPHS
-The United States Public Health
					 Service.
Wild animal
-An animal other than a
					 domestic animal.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16.2 - Penalties

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A person who violates the act commits a summary offense and
					 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $300 for each
					 violation. Each day of violation constitutes a separate
					 offense.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter B - CONTROL OF RABIES › Section 16.21 - Report of suspicion of infection

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A veterinarian, physician or public health officer who
					 suspects that an animal may be infected with rabies shall report the suspicion
					 to the Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter B - CONTROL OF RABIES › Section 16.22 - Special quarantine required for domestic animals

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(a) A domestic animal suspected of having or
				  having been exposed to rabies will be quarantined by the Department.
(1) A domestic animal suspected of having
				  rabies will be placed under a special quarantine order by the Department. To
				  prevent exposure to humans and other animals, the order shall cover a single
				  premises or a single animal or a number of animals when confined or contained
				  in or on the same premises and may also cover products or materials that may
				  carry rabies.
(2) A domestic animal
				  suspected of having rabies that dies or is euthanatized shall be disposed of by
				  incineration or by burial under the act of May 18, 1945 (P. L. 796, No. 317),
				  known as the Dead Animal Rendering or Disposal Plant Law (3 P. S. §
												§
												397.1-397.23).
(3) A domestic animal suspected of having
				  rabies may not be released from quarantine until suspicion of rabies is
				  dispelled or until the animal has died or has been euthanatized and disposed of
				  under paragraph (2).
(4) A domestic
				  animal suspected of having rabies that is known to have bitten or otherwise
				  exposed a human shall be immediately, humanely euthanatized and subjected to an
				  official rabies test.
(5) A
				  domestic animal suspected of having rabies that is known to have bitten or
				  otherwise exposed a domestic animal and that dies within 10 days after the
				  biting or exposure incident, or both, shall immediately be subjected to an
				  official rabies test.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter B - CONTROL OF RABIES › Section 16.23 - Domestic animal bites

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Dogs, cats and other domestic pet animals that are not
					 suspected of having rabies but which have bitten humans shall be kept confined
					 and isolated so that there is no further exposure of humans or animals during
					 an observation period of 10 days. A dog shall be treated in accordance with
					 section 502 of the Dog Law (3 P. S. §
											459-502).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter B - CONTROL OF RABIES › Section 16.24 - Wild animal bites

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Wild animals suspected of having rabies, including, but not
					 limited to, bats, foxes, skunks, raccoons and rodents, whether free-living or
					 confined by humans, which have bitten, scratched or exposed humans or domestic
					 animals to saliva shall be humanely euthanatized and subjected to an official
					 rabies test.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter B - CONTROL OF RABIES › Section 16.25 - General quarantine order

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If the incidence of rabies in domestic or wild animals in a
					 given area of this Commonwealth causes a serious risk of exposing humans or
					 domestic animals to rabies in that area, the Department may impose, by posting
					 and advertising in at least one newspaper, a general quarantine order
					 restricting the movement of animals into, within or from that infected area to
					 prevent rabies from being carried within or out of the infected area.
(1) If a general quarantine order has been
				  imposed, no animals may be allowed to move from the owner's premises unless
				  under the direct control of the owner.
(2) A domestic animal found running at large
				  in violation of the general quarantine order may be captured, confined or
				  humanely euthanatized by a police officer or an officer or agent of the
				  Department without liability.
(3) A
				  dog found running at large in violation of the general quarantine order shall
				  be treated in accordance with sections 302 and 303 of the Dog Law
				  (3 P.
				  S. §
											§
											459-302 and
				  459-303).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter C - RABIES VACCINATION › Section 16.41 - Rabies vaccination required

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A person living in this Commonwealth owning or keeping a
					 dog or cat over 3 months of age shall have the dog or cat vaccinated against
					 rabies under the act and this chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter C - RABIES VACCINATION › Section 16.42 - Persons authorized to administer vaccine

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Rabies vaccine shall be administered only by or under the
					 supervision of a licensed veterinarian. An owner of a State-licensed private or
					 breeding kennel and an operator of a State-licensed nonprofit kennel who has
					 been examined and certified by the Department under Subchapter D (relating to
					 certification of owners and operators of State-licensed kennels) may administer
					 rabies vaccine to a dog or cat which is owned by the private or breeding kennel
					 or which is in the possession of the nonprofit kennel.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter C - RABIES VACCINATION › Section 16.43 - Revaccination

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A dog or cat over 3 months of age shall be vaccinated to
					 maintain immunity against rabies by the administration of a USDA licensed
					 vaccine, including vaccines producing immunity lasting 3 years, in accordance
					 with instructions prescribed by the manufacturer.
(1) A dog or cat vaccinated when under 1 year
				  of age shall be revaccinated no later than 1 year later.
(2) A dog or cat vaccinated when over 1 year
				  of age with a vaccine producing immunity lasting 3 years shall be revaccinated
				  no later than 3 years later and at least every 3 years thereafter.
(3) A dog or cat vaccinated with a vaccine
				  producing immunity lasting less than 3 years shall be revaccinated no later
				  than 1 year later.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter C - RABIES VACCINATION › Section 16.44 - Vaccination certificate and tag

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A veterinarian shall issue a certificate of vaccination and
					 a vaccination tag for each dog or cat vaccinated by the veterinarian or
					 vaccinated under his supervision. A certificate of vaccination may be
					 transferred to a new owner. The vaccination tag shall be a metal tag that is
					 approximately 1 square inch in area that can be attached to an animal's collar
					 or harness and that is indelibly marked with the year of the rabies
					 vaccination.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter C - RABIES VACCINATION › Section 16.45 - Production of certificate of vaccination required

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A person owning or keeping a dog or cat over 3 months of
					 age shall, upon request of a police officer or State dog warden or designated
					 municipal animal control officer, produce within 48 hours a valid certificate
					 of vaccination. A certified owner and operator of a State-licensed kennel shall
					 present records required under §
										16.63(5) (relating
					 to vaccination requirements) as proof of rabies vaccination.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter C - RABIES VACCINATION › Section 16.46 - Certificate required for out-of-State dog or cat

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A dog or cat over 3 months of age brought into this
					 Commonwealth shall be accompanied by a certificate of
					 vaccination.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter C - RABIES VACCINATION › Section 16.47 - Grace period for State-licensed nonprofit kennel

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A State-licensed nonprofit kennel is not required to
					 vaccinate a dog or cat received by the kennel for a period of 10 days from the
					 date received.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter D - CERTIFICATION OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF STATE-LICENSED KENNELS › Section 16.61 - Application for certificate to vaccinate

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An owner of a State-licensed private or breeding kennel and
					 an operator of a State-licensed nonprofit kennel may apply to the Department
					 for certification to vaccinate a dog or cat which is either owned and kept in
					 the licensed private or breeding kennel or which is in the possession of the
					 nonprofit kennel. Application shall be by submission of a form provided by the
					 Department and an application fee of $35.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter D - CERTIFICATION OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF STATE-LICENSED KENNELS › Section 16.62 - Department certification

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The Department will certify an owner of a State-licensed
					 private or breeding kennel and an operator of a State-licensed nonprofit kennel
					 based upon the results of a written examination to be administered by the
					 Department and upon verification by a licensed veterinarian that the private or
					 breeding kennel owner or nonprofit kennel operator has been given a
					 demonstration of vaccination procedures by the licensed veterinarian in
					 accordance with procedures established by the Department. A fee associated with
					 the demonstration by the veterinarian is the responsibility of the owner or
					 operator.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter D - CERTIFICATION OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF STATE-LICENSED KENNELS › Section 16.63 - Vaccination requirements

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A certified private or breeding kennel owner and a
					 certified operator of a nonprofit kennel shall comply with the following
					 procedures regarding rabies vaccination:
(1) Vaccine shall be administered only by an
				  owner or operator who has been certified by the Department.
(2) Vaccine shall be administered only to a
				  dog and cat owned by the kennel owner and kept at the licensed kennel or to a
				  dog or cat in the possession of a nonprofit kennel.
(3) Only-USDA licensed inactivated vaccine
				  purchased from a licensed veterinarian or a source approved by the Department
				  shall be used.
(4) Vaccine shall be
				  administered according to vaccine label instructions and according to
				  procedures outlined in the Rabies Vaccination Manual provided by the
				  Department.
(5) Detailed records
				  shall be kept and maintained for at least 3 years which indicate:
(i) The name, type by duration of immunity,
				  lot number, manufacturer, date of purchase and date of administration of the
				  rabies vaccine.
(ii) The name and
				  address of the veterinarian or other source from whom the vaccine was
				  purchased.
(iii) The name, address
				  and telephone number of the person who administered the vaccine.
(iv) A detailed description of each animal
				  vaccinated, including the breed, sex, age and color.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter D - CERTIFICATION OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF STATE-LICENSED KENNELS › Section 16.64 - Revaccination required after removal from kennel

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A dog or cat vaccinated by a kennel owner or operator will
					 be considered in compliance with the vaccination requirements of the act only
					 as long as it is kept in the licensed kennel. The kennel owner or operator
					 shall inform a person purchasing or otherwise receiving a dog or cat which has
					 been vaccinated that the animal will not be considered vaccinated under the act
					 after removal from the kennel and shall be revaccinated by a licensed
					 veterinarian.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 16 - RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter D - CERTIFICATION OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF STATE-LICENSED KENNELS › Section 16.65 - Revocation of certificate

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Violation of the act, this chapter or other statutes or
					 regulations of the Commonwealth relating to the control, keeping, protection,
					 sale or transportation of dogs or cats shall be cause for revocation of
					 certification of kennel owners to vaccinate dogs and cats they
					 own.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Agent
-An agent of the Bureau.
Bureau
-The Bureau of Animal Industry of
					 the Department.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture
					 of the Commonwealth.
Diseased livestock
-Animals, including
					 poultry, affected with a contagious or communicable disease.
Rendering plant
-An establishment wherein
					 dead animal bodies, carcasses, parts of carcasses and offal are processed or
					 rendered into cracklings, grease or fertilizer by complete cooking until such
					 finished commercial products are obtained.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter B - EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS › Section 17.11 - Quarantine

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Animals affected with or exposed to or suspected of being
					 carriers of equine encephalomyelitis shall be subject to quarantine and the
					 rules and regulations that are adopted by the Department for prevention,
					 control and suppression.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter B - EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS › Section 17.12 - Importation forbidden

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No animal that is affected with or that has been recently
					 exposed to equine encephalomyelitis may be brought into this Commonwealth for
					 any purpose.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter B - EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS › Section 17.13 - Duty to report affected animals

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It shall be the duty of every practitioner of veterinary
					 medicine, immediately upon receiving information of a case of equine
					 encephalomyelitis to submit a report to the Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter B - EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS › Section 17.14 - Subject of reports

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Reports shall include a description of each affected
					 animal, the name of the owner or the person in charge of the animals affected
					 and the number of susceptible animals exposed to these
					 diseases.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter C - VEHICULAR SANITATION › Section 17.21 - General requirement

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Trucks or vehicles used for the intrastate movement of
					 livestock shall be kept in a sanitary condition.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter C - VEHICULAR SANITATION › Section 17.22 - Vehicles used to transport diseased livestock

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Vehicles that have been unloaded after intrastate movement
					 of diseased livestock to public stockyards or to any slaughtering establishment
					 not connected with a public stockyard shall be thoroughly cleaned and
					 disinfected by the owner or operator before the vehicle is transported over
					 public streets and highways.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter C - VEHICULAR SANITATION › Section 17.23 - Failure to clean vehicles

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Agents shall have authority to quarantine vehicles
					 remaining unsanitary after proper notice has been given to owner or operators.
					 Vehicles shall remain quarantined until cleaned and disinfected by the owner or
					 operator.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter D - DISPOSAL › Section 17.31 - Establishment of collecting stations

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(a) Operators of approved, licensed rendering
				  plants may provide suitable buildings and equipment to establish collecting
				  stations necessary to expedite the handling of dead animals, or they may engage
				  responsible persons to operate such places.
(b) Hides may be removed before delivery to
				  the main plant of the licensed operator where final disposition of bodies,
				  carcasses and offal shall be made by complete processing or
				  rendering.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter D - DISPOSAL › Section 17.32 - Status of collecting stations

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Collecting stations approved by the Department and operated
					 by a licensed rendering plant or by a person responsible to the operator of a
					 licensed rendering plant shall be considered a part of the rendering
					 plant.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter D - DISPOSAL › Section 17.33 - Feeding from carcasses forbidden

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No carcasses, parts of carcasses or offal of dead animals
					 may be used for animal feeding prior to complete processing or
					 rendering.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter D - DISPOSAL › Section 17.34 - Slaughtering on premises forbidden

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No operator of a rendering or disposal plant may use such
					 buildings or the premises to slaughter live animals for human consumption or
					 animal feeding of any type.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter D - DISPOSAL › Section 17.35 - Rendering plants outside this Commonwealth

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Rendering plants not located within this Commonwealth which
					 desire to make collections or receive dead animals, carcasses, parts of
					 carcasses or offal from within this Commonwealth shall be required to procure a
					 license and register collecting trucks with the Department, and otherwise
					 comply with the law and this subchapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter D - DISPOSAL › Section 17.36 - Importation of dead animals

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Dead animals, carcasses, parts of carcasses or offal may
					 not be transported into this Commonwealth unless they are consigned and
					 delivered to an approved, licensed rendering plant or an approved animal food
					 processing plant and processed in accordance with this
					 subchapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.2 - Objectives

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This chapter sets forth interim guidelines establishing
				  standards and procedures for approving those optional training programs that
				  require the Department's approval under section 4(g) of the act (3 P. S. §
										456.4(g)). The act requires
				  optional training programs to address a wide variety of subjects-including
				  several subjects with respect to which the Department has no experiential
				  basis. Although it is the objective of this chapter to establish a procedure by
				  which optional training programs can be approved, this procedure is also
				  intended to provide the Department with the experience necessary to develop
				  more detailed regulations on the subject at some later date. The Department
				  intends these interim guidelines to be flexible-requiring only that an optional
				  training program meet the specific training requirements in section 4(a)-(c) of
				  the act.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.3 - Approval of optional training programs required

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A person seeking to offer an optional training program that
				  has been developed and would be administered by an accredited college,
				  accredited university, accredited community college or another public or
				  private entity shall apply for and obtain the approval of the Department prior
				  to administering the optional training program. A training program that has
				  been developed by a land grant institution does not require the approval of the
				  Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.4 - Obtaining an application

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A person may obtain an application for approval of an
				  optional training program from the following address, upon request: Department
				  of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, 2301 North Cameron Street,
				  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110-9408.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
											17a.7 (relating to submitting the
					 application); and 7 Pa. Code §
											17a.14 (relating to revisions to a
					 previously-approved optional training
					 program).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.5 - Contents of a complete application

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A complete application for approval of an optional training
				  program shall contain the following:
(1) The complete name, address and telephone
				number of the applicant.
(2) A
				statement of whether the applicant seeks approval of an optional training
				program for the "initial" training, the "continuous" training, or both the
				"initial" and "continuous" training of humane society police
				officers.
(3) The name of the
				person who is expected to be an instructor at the optional training program,
				together with a statement of the relevant qualifications, education and
				experience of that person and a statement of the general subject matter upon
				which that person would instruct.
(4) A complete and detailed syllabus of the
				optional training program, as described in §
									17a.6 (relating to
				syllabus).
(5) A copy of any book,
				handout or other printed material that would be distributed to persons taking
				the optional training program or that the persons would be expected to purchase
				for use at the optional training program.
(6) A copy of the final examination required
				under section 4(c)(4) of the act (3 P. S. §
										456.4(c)(4)), unless the
				program is for the continuous training of humane society police
				officers.
(7) Other relevant
				documentation which the Department may request.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
											17a.14 (relating to revisions to a
					 previously-approved optional training
					 program).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.6 - Syllabus

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(a)
General
				requirements.
A syllabus for an optional training program shall set
				forth in detail the material to be taught, the qualifications of the authors
				and a list of resources, and shall specifically set forth the minimum amount of
				time which shall be devoted to each subject of instruction.
(b)
Optional training program for the
				initial training of humane society police officers.
A syllabus for an
				optional training program for the initial training of humane society police
				officers shall demonstrate that the program meets or exceeds the requirements
				of section 4(c)(1)-(3) of the act (3 P. S. §
										456.4(c)(1)-(3)).
				Specifically, these requirements are that the program:
(1) Include a minimum of 56 hours of
				instruction.
(2) Include at least
				32 hours of instruction in the following areas:
(i) Cruelty to animals laws.
(ii) Care and treatment of animals.
(iii) Pennsylvania rules of criminal law and
				criminal procedure.
(3)
				Include at least 24 hours of instruction in the following areas:
(i) Animal husbandry practices constituting
				normal agricultural operation.
(ii)
				Practices accepted in agricultural industry in the raising, keeping and
				production of agricultural animals.
(iii) Characteristics of agricultural animals
				likely evidencing care that is violative of the cruelty to animals
				laws.
(iv) Proper care and handling
				of agricultural animals enforcement of the cruelty to animals laws.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.7 - Submitting the application

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An application for approval of an optional training program
				  shall be submitted to the Department by mail or delivery to the address in
				  §
									17a.4 (relating to obtaining an
				  application).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.8 - Incomplete application

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Within 20 days of receiving an application for approval of an
				  optional training program, the Department will mail the applicant written
				  notice of defects or omissions that cause the application to be
				  incomplete.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.9 - Time requirement for review of a complete application

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Within 30 days of receiving a complete application for
				  approval of an optional training program, the Department will review the
				  application and mail the applicant written approval or disapproval of the
				  application.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.10 - Criteria for approval

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The Department will review a complete application for
				  approval of an optional training program to determine whether the program
				  satisfies the training requirements of section 4(a)-(c) of the act
				  (3 P.
				  S. §
										456.4(a)-(c)). The
				  Department will approve an optional training program if it meets or exceeds
				  these requirements.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.11 - Disapproval

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The Department's disapproval of an optional training program
				  will set forth the reasons for disapproval and, if practicable, prescribe the
				  changes, actions or documentation necessary for the optional training program
				  to obtain the Department's approval.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.12 - Term of approval

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(a)
Initial training.
The Department's approval of an optional
				training program for the initial training of humane society police officers
				will be valid for no more than 5 years from the date of issuance.
(b)
Continuous training.
The
				Department's approval of an optional training program for the continuous
				training of humane society police officers will be valid for no more than 2
				years from the date of issuance.
(c)
Reapproval.
A person may
				apply for reapproval of an optional training program in accordance with the
				application procedures in this chapter.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
											17a.14 (relating to revisions to a
					 previously-approved optional training
					 program).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.13 - Withdrawal of approval

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(a)
General authority.
The Department may withdraw its approval of
				an optional training program if one or more of the following occur:
(1) The optional training program fails to
				meet the minimum time, subject matter and other applicable requirements imposed
				by the act.
(2) A material
				misrepresentation was made on the application for approval of the optional
				training program.
(3) A material
				change is made in the optional training program without the approval of the
				Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.14 - Revisions to a previously-approved optional training program

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(a)
Approval required.
A
				person seeking to revise an approved optional training program shall apply for
				and obtain the approval of the Department prior to implementing the
				revisions.
(b)
Abbreviated
				application.
The application for approval of revisions shall be made
				on the application form described in §
									§
									17a.4 and
				17a.5 (relating to obtaining an
				application; and contents of a complete application), but need only address the
				proposed revisions to the previously-approved optional training
				program.
(c)
Approval of
				revisions.
The Department's approval of revisions to a
				previously-approved optional training program will restart the applicable
				2-year or 5-year term of approval described in §
									17a.12 (relating to term of
				approval).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 17a - INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF OPTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY POLICE OFFICERS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 17a.15 - Monitoring by the Department

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A person conducting an approved optional training program
				  shall allow at least one employe of the Department to attend and monitor the
				  optional training program, and shall otherwise cooperate with the Department in
				  its effort to establish and refine standards for optional training
				  programs.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 19 - POULTRY HAULERS AND DEALERS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 19.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Business of transporting poultry
-Transporting live poultry for compensation.
Cleaned and disinfected
-Cleaned and
					 disinfected under 9 CFR
					 71.7,
					 71.10 and
					 71.11 (relating to means of
					 conveyance, facilities and premises; methods of cleaning and disinfecting;
					 substances or materials allowed as permitted disinfectants; and cresylic
					 disinfectant as permitted disinfectant; specifications).
Conveyance
-An automobile, truck, trailer,
					 wagon or other vehicle used in the transportation of live poultry on the public
					 highways of this Commonwealth. The term does not include a vehicle used by a
					 producer exclusively on a farm or on contiguous farms operated as part of a
					 single agricultural operation.
Dealer
or
poultry dealer
-A person engaged in the business of buying, receiving, selling, exchanging,
					 negotiating or soliciting the sale, resale, exchange or transfer of live
					 poultry. The term does not include a poultry producer or butcher or processor
					 who receives live poultry solely for immediate slaughter.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture
					 of the Commonwealth.
Person
-A natural person, corporation,
					 partnership or association.
Poultry
-A chicken, duck, goose, turkey,
					 pigeon, chukar, guinea, exotic fowl or game bird raised in captivity.
Producer or poultry producer
-A person
					 engaged in the business of growing or keeping poultry for market. The term does
					 not include a person who, by contract, employs another person to exclusively
					 perform the actual breeding, growing or raising activities relating to the
					 poultry, regardless of whether or not the employer has title in the
					 poultry.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
					 Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 19 - POULTRY HAULERS AND DEALERS › CONVEYANCES › Section 19.51 - License requirements

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(a) A
				  conveyance used in the business of transporting live poultry shall be licensed
				  by the Department.
(b) A license
				  will be issued on a calendar year basis and will expire on December
				  31.
(c) A conveyance license will
				  be issued upon application to the Department and submission of a fee of
				  $25.
(d) A license issued under
				  this subchapter may not be transferred.
(e) The license decal shall be located in a
				  clear and visible area on the rear of the conveyance on the driver's
				  side.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 19 - POULTRY HAULERS AND DEALERS › CONVEYANCES › Section 19.52 - Recordkeeping

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(a) An owner or
				  lessee of a conveyance shall keep a record for each occasion it uses a licensed
				  conveyance to transport live poultry. The record shall contain the following
				  information:
(1) The name and address of the
				  premises where receipt or delivery of the poultry was made.
(2) The quantity, type and species of poultry
				  received or delivered.
(3) The
				  nature, condition or apparent health of the poultry received or
				  delivered.
(4) The date the poultry
				  was received or delivered.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 19 - POULTRY HAULERS AND DEALERS › CONVEYANCES › Section 19.53 - Sanitation

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(a) Unless never
				  before used to transport or house poultry, a crate, coop, cage or other
				  accessory used for the transportation of poultry shall be cleaned and
				  disinfected prior to use and shall be free of visible accumulations of manure
				  and feathers.
(b) A conveyance used
				  for the transportation of poultry shall be cleaned and disinfected prior to use
				  and shall be free of visible accumulations of manure and feathers.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 19 - POULTRY HAULERS AND DEALERS › CONVEYANCES › Section 19.54 - Inspections

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(a) Upon the
				  request of an agent of the Department during regular and usual business hours,
				  or at other times when a reasonable belief that a violation of this subchapter
				  may exist, a licensee shall:
(1) Produce for
				  inspection records maintained under §
											19.52 (relating to
				  recordkeeping).
(2) Permit the
				  agent to examine a conveyance licensed under this subchapter including the
				  crates located on the conveyance.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 19 - POULTRY HAULERS AND DEALERS › POULTRY DEALERS › Section 19.81 - Licensing requirements

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(a) A
				  poultry dealer buying or selling poultry within this Commonwealth shall be
				  licensed by the Department.
(b) A
				  dealer's license will be issued upon application to the Department and
				  submission of a fee of $25.
(c) A
				  license will be issued on a calendar year basis and will expire on December
				  31.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 19 - POULTRY HAULERS AND DEALERS › POULTRY DEALERS › Section 19.82 - Recordkeeping

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(a) A poultry
				  dealer shall keep a record for each sale or purchase of poultry. The record
				  shall contain the following information:
(1)
				  The name and address of the buyer and seller.
(2) The quantity, type and species of poultry
				  bought or sold.
(3) The nature,
				  condition or apparent health of the poultry bought or sold.
(4) The date of the
				  transaction.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 19 - POULTRY HAULERS AND DEALERS › POULTRY DEALERS › Section 19.83 - Sanitation

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(a) Unless never
				  before used to transport or house poultry, a crate, coop, cage or other
				  accessory used for the housing or transportation of poultry shall be cleaned
				  and disinfected prior to use, and shall be free of visible accumulations of
				  manure and feathers.
(b) A
				  conveyance used for the transportation of poultry shall be cleaned and
				  disinfected prior to use and shall be free of visible accumulations of manure
				  and feathers.
(c) A building or pen
				  used to house poultry on the dealer's premises shall be kept in a sanitary
				  condition and shall be cleaned and disinfected after removal of each group of
				  poultry.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 19 - POULTRY HAULERS AND DEALERS › POULTRY DEALERS › Section 19.84 - Inspections

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(a) Upon the
				  request of an agent of the Department during regular and usual business hours,
				  or at other times when a reasonable belief that a violation of this chapter may
				  exist, a licensee shall:
(1) Produce for
				  inspection records maintained under §
											19.52 (relating to
				  recordkeeping).
(2) Permit the
				  agent to examine the pens, conveyances and accessories used in the dealer's
				  poultry operation licensed under this chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 20 - CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS UNDER WHICH DOMESTIC ANIMALS MAY BE OFFERED AS PRIZES › Section 20.1 - Purpose

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This chapter, which is authorized under
				  18 Pa.C.S. §
										5511.1(b)(2) (relating to
				  live animals as prizes prohibited), establishes the conditions under which an
				  agricultural, educational or vocational program may conduct a game at which a
				  domestic animal may be offered or given away as a prize. It also establishes
				  requirements governing how a game shall be conducted.