Virginia Administrative Code › Title 2 - AGRICULTURE › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 195 - PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN THE LIVE-BIRD MARKETING SYSTEM › Part III - Distribution Units › Section 2VAC5-195-90 - Distribution unit licensing and training requirements

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of this section shall become effective
					 November 19, 2006.
All distribution units shall apply to the State
					 Veterinarian for a license to receive, purchase, or transport poultry from a
					 production unit or another distribution unit in Virginia. A premises
					 identification number shall be assigned. The premises identification number
					 shall be recorded on the license to operate.
To receive a license to distribute birds within the
					 live-bird marketing system in Virginia, distribution units shall allow the
					 State Veterinarian access to records upon request and permit inspections and AI
					 testing of birds, premises, and equipment.
A distribution unit license shall not be issued in Virginia
					 until the State Veterinarian has performed an inspection of the unit, its
					 record system, conveyances, crates, and the C&D equipment that will be
					 used. If a distribution unit is located outside of Virginia, the State
					 Veterinarian, at his discretion, may approve an inspection of the unit, its
					 record system, conveyances, crates, and the C&D equipment that will be
					 used, performed by a state or federal veterinary official from the state where
					 the distribution unit is physically located. Distribution units located outside
					 of Virginia and licensed by Virginia shall immediately notify the State
					 Veterinarian of all inspections of the unit, its record system, conveyances,
					 crates, and C&D equipment performed by a state or federal veterinary
					 official in the state where the distribution is physically located.
Requirements for issuance of a license to a distribution
					 unit are the applicant's agreement to comply with the requirements of this
					 regulation and Virginia's Avian Influenza Proclamation, development and
					 implementation of a written biosecurity plan approved by the State
					 Veterinarian, consent to an initial, random and at least quarterly inspection
					 of the distribution unit and consent for the State Veterinarian to review all
					 records relating to the distribution unit.
Failure of the distribution unit to satisfactorily comply
					 with any of the licensing requirements shall result in the denial of a license
					 to operate.
When the State Veterinarian determines that a licensed
					 distribution unit no longer meets the requirements of this regulation, such
					 license shall be suspended until such time that deficiencies have been
					 corrected to the satisfaction of the State Veterinarian.
All personnel that work for a distribution unit in Virginia
					 shall be trained in biosecurity procedures provided or approved by the State
					 Veterinarian. A certification of employee training shall be maintained in the
					 distribution unit's personnel files.
Statutory Authority
§ 3.2-6023 of the Code of Virginia.