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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 12 - Animal Markets, Dealers And Truckers › Section ATCP 12.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1a) "Animal dealer" means a person who is
				required to be licensed under s.
				ATCP
				12.03(1).
(1d) "Animal dealer premises" means any real
				property, owned or controlled by an animal dealer, at which the animal dealer
				keeps, exhibits, or receives livestock or wild animals, or from which the
				animal dealer ships livestock or wild animals.
(1g) "Animal market" means any premises that
				are open to the public for the purpose of trading in livestock or wild animals,
				and that have facilities to keep, feed, and water livestock or wild animals
				prior to sale, and is required to be licensed under s.
				ATCP
				12.02(1).
(1j) "Animal market operator" means a person
				who is required to be licensed under s.
				ATCP
				12.02(1).
(1m) "Animal transport vehicle" means a
				vehicle used to transport livestock or wild animals. "Animal transport vehicle"
				includes a trailer, truck, or other conveyance in which animals are transported
				on public highways, whether or not the conveyance is motorized. "Animal
				transport vehicle" does not include a vehicle that merely pulls a separate
				animal transport vehicle, and is not itself used to contain animals.
(1r) "Animal trucker" means a person who is
				required to be licensed under s.
				ATCP
				12.04(1).
(1w) "Bovine animal" means domestic cattle
				(
Bos sp.
) or American bison of any age or sex.
(2) "Buying station" means premises which are
				open to the public to receive livestock for direct shipment to
				slaughter.
(3) "Commingle" means to
				cause or permit any of the following:
(a)
				Direct contact with other animals.
(b) Unprotected contact with the same
				facilities, equipment, individuals, or environment contacted by other animals,
				under circumstances where that unprotected contact may spread
				disease.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 12 - Animal Markets, Dealers And Truckers › Section ATCP 12.02 - Animal markets

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LICENSE REQUIRED. Except as provided in
				sub. (1m), no person may operate an animal market without an annual license
				from the department. A separate license is required for each animal market. The
				license shall bear the livestock premises code issued under s.
				ATCP
				17.02(7)  for the animal market. An
				annual license expires on June 30. A license is not transferable between
				persons or animal markets.
(1m)
				LICENSE EXEMPTIONS. No license is required under sub. (1) for an occasional
				sale by a farm operator who buys or exchanges livestock solely for dairy,
				breeding, or feeding operations on that farm, or who sells only livestock
				produced or raised on that farm, or auction sale, conducted at a state, county,
				or district fair, or sponsored by a livestock breeder association or a youth
				agricultural organization, if records of the transactions at the sale are
				maintained by any of the following:
(a) An
				auctioneer registered under ch. 480, Stats.
(b) An animal dealer licensed under s.
				ATCP
				12.03.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 12 - Animal Markets, Dealers And Truckers › Section ATCP 12.03 - Animal dealers

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LICENSE REQUIRED. Except as provided in
				sub. (2), no person may do any of the following as principal or agent without
				an animal dealer license from the department:
(a) Engage in the business of buying
				livestock or wild animals for resale, slaughter, or exchange.
(b) Engage in the business of selling or
				exchanging livestock or wild animals.
(d) Engage in the business of leasing out
				livestock or wild animals to others.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 12 - Animal Markets, Dealers And Truckers › Section ATCP 12.04 - Animal truckers

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LICENSE REQUIRED. Except as provided in
				sub. (2), no person may transport livestock or wild animals for hire without an
				annual animal trucker license from the department. An animal market operator or
				animal dealer shall also hold a license under this section if that animal
				market operator or animal dealer transports livestock or wild animals for hire.
				If the animal trucker keeps livestock on premises owned or controlled by the
				animal trucker, the license shall bear a livestock premises code issued to the
				animal trucker under s.
				ATCP
				17.02(7). An annual license under
				this section expires on June 30 and is not transferable.
(2) LICENSE EXEMPTIONS. No license is
				required under sub. (1) for any of the following:
(a) A person who transports livestock or wild
				animals solely as an employee of an animal trucker licensed under sub. (1), in
				a vehicle that the licensed animal trucker has registered under s.
				ATCP
				12.045.
(b)
1. A
				person who is solely engaged in transporting livestock or wild animals that he
				or she owns.
2. A person who
				transports livestock or wild animals solely as an employee of a person who owns
				those animals.
(c) A
				person who is solely engaged in the following activities:
1. Hauling animals on an occasional basis for
				persons participating in a livestock exhibition, fair, trail ride, youth
				livestock event, or similar activity.
2. Hauling animals on an incidental basis in
				connection with another business, such as a veterinary practice or a stable
				operation, which is operated by that person and which does not ordinarily
				involve the sale of animals.
(d) A person who solely transports livestock
				or wild animals from out of state to a Wisconsin slaughtering establishment and
				does not transport any Wisconsin origin animals to any location in this state
				or out of this state.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 12 - Animal Markets, Dealers And Truckers › Section ATCP 12.045 - Animal transport vehicles

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ANNUAL
				REGISTRATION STICKER REQUIRED.
(a) No animal
				market operator, animal dealer, or animal trucker may operate an animal
				transport vehicle unless each side of the vehicle bears one part of a 2-part
				annual vehicle registration sticker issued by the department. An annual vehicle
				registration sticker expires on June 30.
(b) The department may issue an annual
				vehicle registration sticker under par. (a) to a licensed animal market
				operator, animal dealer, or animal trucker who owns or operates the vehicle. If
				a license holder owns a vehicle operated by another license holder, the license
				holder that owns the vehicle shall obtain the vehicle registration sticker
				under par. (a). If a license holder operates an animal transport vehicle owned
				by a non-license holder, the license holder that operates that vehicle shall
				obtain the vehicle registration sticker under par. (a) as the
				registrant.
(c) If a registrant
				under par. (b) controls the operation of the animal transport vehicle for less
				than the full registration year, the registrant shall record the name and
				address of each person who controlled the operation of the vehicle at any time
				during the year, and the time period during which that person controlled that
				operation. The registrant shall retain the record for at least 5 years, and
				shall make it available to the department for inspection and copying upon
				request.
Note:
Subsection (1) applies to animal transport
				  vehicles operated by licensed animal market operators, animal dealers, and
				  animal truckers, regardless of who owns the animals transported in those
				  vehicles.
Under sub. (1) (c), if a registrant leases an animal
				  transport vehicle to or from another person for part of the registration year,
				  the registrant must record the name and address of the other party to the
				  lease, and the time period of the lease.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 12 - Animal Markets, Dealers And Truckers › Section ATCP 12.05 - Identification of livestock

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) IDENTIFICATION
				OF BOVINE ANIMALS.
(a)
Official
				individual identification.
Whenever an animal dealer or animal market
				operator receives a bovine animal, the animal dealer or market operator shall
				immediately record the animal's official individual identification. If a bovine
				animal has no official individual identification at the time of receipt, the
				animal dealer or market operator shall immediately identify that animal with an
				official individual identification. This paragraph does not apply to steers,
				calves under 6 months old, feeder cattle, or bovine animals that are backtagged
				for slaughter under par. (b) 1.
(b)
Slaughter identification.
1.
				Whenever an animal dealer, animal market operator, or animal trucker receives
				any bovine animal for sale or shipment to slaughter, that person shall
				immediately identify the animal with an official back tag and record the back
				tag number, unless the bovine animal is a steer or already identified according
				to par. (a). If a bovine animal is already identified according to par. (a), or
				backtagged at the time of receipt, the person receiving the animal shall record
				its official identification or back tag number. This paragraph does not apply
				to an animal trucker that picks up any bovine animals from a farm premises and
				takes the bovine animals directly to a slaughtering establishment without
				commingling with bovine animals from other farms.
2. Any animal dealer or animal market
				operator that has a bovine animal that is backtagged for movement to slaughter
				under subd. 1., but shipment to slaughter does not occur, shall immediately
				identify that bovine animal with an official individual identification, if not
				already applied, and record that official individual identification number.
Note:
If an animal dealer or trucker hauls
				  bovine animals direct to slaughter or to a slaughter sale held at a licensed
				  market, an official back tag is adequate identification for the
				  animal.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 12 - Animal Markets, Dealers And Truckers › Section ATCP 12.06 - Records

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) RECORDS REQUIRED. A person operating as
				an animal market operator, animal dealer, or animal trucker shall keep an
				accurate record of every animal that the person receives from or delivers to
				another person.
(1m) ANIMAL MARKET
				OPERATOR AND ANIMAL DEALER RECORDS. The records of an animal market operator
				and an animal dealer shall include all of the following correlated information
				related to each animal:
(a) The name and
				address of the principal from whom the person received the animal, the date of
				receipt, and the place of receipt. The record shall also identify the animal
				trucker, if any, who transported the animal to the place of receipt.
(b) The name and address of the principal to
				whom the person delivered the animal, the date of delivery, and the place of
				delivery. The record shall also identify the animal trucker, if any, who
				transported the animal to the place of delivery.
(c) The animal's official individual
				identification number, if official identification is required under ch. ATCP 10
				or this chapter. If the animal has no official individual identification and is
				not required to bear official individual identification under ch. ATCP 10 or
				this chapter, the record shall identify the species, age, and sex of the
				animal.
(d) The animal's back tag
				number, if any.
(e) The animal's
				wild animal identification number, if the animal bears a wild animal
				identification number prescribed by the department of natural
				resources.
(f) A copy of any
				certificate of veterinary inspection if required to accompany the animal. An
				animal market veterinarian may keep the certificate copy for the animal market
				operator.
(g) The animal's breed or
				class if the animal is a bovine animal or swine. If a bovine animal is a
				crossbreed of beef and dairy animals, the animal shall be classified as a beef
				breed.
(h) Equine infectious anemia
				test results, if required under ss.
				ATCP
				10.35(1) and 10.36(3) or (4) for an
				equine animal.
(i) A death record
				if the animal dies in the person's custody. The record shall indicate the
				apparent cause of death, the place and manner of carcass disposition, and the
				name and address of any person to whom the carcass was delivered.
(j) The chronic wasting disease test results
				and records required under s.
				ATCP
				10.46(10) (b) if an animal dealer
				purchases a farm-raised deer under s.
				ATCP 10.46(1)
				(g).
(k) Porcine reproductive and respiratory
				syndrome and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus test results, if required under s.
				ATCP 10.30(1) (a)
				3. or 10.32(2) and herd plan number, if
				required under s.
				ATCP 10.30(2)
				(d) or 10.32(2) (a) 2.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 12 - Animal Markets, Dealers And Truckers › Section ATCP 12.07 - Handling downer animals

Current through June 24, 2024
If an animal goes down while in the possession of an animal
				  market operator, animal dealer, or animal trucker, the downer animal may not be
				  dragged or pulled by the neck or other extremity, or subjected to any other
				  mistreatment or abuse. Downer animals shall be confined in separate holding
				  pens and shall be segregated from healthy animals or separated by a rigid
				  barrier when transported in any vehicle. A downer animal may not be held for
				  more than 24 hours by any animal market operator, animal dealer, or animal
				  trucker before the downer animal is sent for rendering or euthanized in a
				  humane manner.
A carcass must be disposed of in a manner consistent with
					 s.
					 95.50,
					 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 12 - Animal Markets, Dealers And Truckers › Section ATCP 12.08 - Prohibited conduct

Current through June 24, 2024
No person may:
(1)
				Knowingly make any false report or statement to the department concerning:
(a) The ownership, identification, age,
				vaccination status, test status, or health status of livestock; or
(b) The purchase, sale, or movement of an
				animal.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 12 - Animal Markets, Dealers And Truckers › Section ATCP 12.09 - Waiver

Current through June 24, 2024
The department may, in response to a written request, grant
				  a written waiver from a requirement under this chapter if the department finds
				  that the waiver is reasonable and necessary, is consistent with objectives of
				  this chapter, and will not conflict with state law. The waiver shall be issued
				  in writing, shall include the department's findings, and shall include the
				  specific terms of the waiver, including any time limit on the waiver. A request
				  for a waiver shall include information to show that the waiver is justified
				  under this section. The state veterinarian, or that person's designee, shall
				  sign each waiver under this section. The department may not grant a waiver from
				  a statutory requirement.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 13 - Local rabies control programs › Section ATCP 13.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Administrator" means a natural person
				responsible for public management of the affairs of a local rabies control
				program within a specific county, city, village or town.
(2) "Department" means the state of Wisconsin
				department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
(3) "Isolation facility" has the meaning
				designated under s.
				95.21(1)
				(am), Stats.
(4) "Local rabies control program" means a
				program administered by a county, city, village or town under this chapter and
				pursuant to s.
				95.21(9)
				(b), Stats.
(5) "Trained individual" means a natural
				person certified by the department as meeting the qualifications to observe
				quarantined animals in an isolation facility to determine if the animal
				exhibits any signs of rabies.
(6)
				"Veterinarian involvement" means oversight responsibility for a local rabies
				control program by a Wisconsin licensed veterinarian and supervision by the
				veterinarian of trained individuals who conduct examinations of quarantined
				animals held in an isolation facility.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 13 - Local rabies control programs › Section ATCP 13.02 - Local rabies control program

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) AUTHORITY.
				Pursuant to s.
				95.21(9),
				Stats., the department may approve the rabies control program of a county,
				city, village or town. A local rabies control program shall include:
(a) A county or municipal ordinance which
				sets forth requirements for the control of rabies or adoption by reference of
				the rabies control provisions of s.
				95.21,
				Stats.
(b) Administration and
				enforcement of quarantine provisions in the local ordinance or in s.
				95.21,
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 13 - Local rabies control programs › Section ATCP 13.03 - Program approval requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
An approved local rabies control program shall meet the
				  following criteria:
(1) INVESTIGATION
				OF EXPOSURES. Investigation of all reported human or animal exposures to a
				known or suspected rabid animal.
(2) RECORDKEEPING. Maintenance of a
				recordkeeping system which enables tracking and follow-up on all reported human
				or animal exposure incidents by the administrator or assigned staff.
(3) QUARANTINE REQUIREMENT. Creation of a
				quarantine requirement having conditions equal to the conditions set forth in
				s.
				95.21(4) to
				(8), Stats., except that a local ordinance
				may require only 2 examinations of the quarantined animal during a 10-day
				isolation period and the observations may be made by a trained
				individual.
(4) VACCINATION
				ENFORCEMENT. Enforcement of the rabies vaccination requirement for dogs set
				forth in s.
				95.21(2),
				Stats.
(5) ANNUAL REPORT.
				Preparation of and filing an annual report with the department not later than
				February 28, which covers the preceding calendar year. The report shall include
				the total number of the following actions for the year:
(a) Investigations.
(b) Reported animal bites.
(c) Quarantines.
(d) Quarantine violations and enforcement
				actions taken.
(e) Animals
				exhibiting positive signs of rabies during quarantine.
(f) Animals exhibiting negative signs of
				rabies during quarantine.
(g)
				Enforcement actions taken for violations of the vaccination
				requirements.
(h) Animals
				sacrificed for exhibiting symptoms of rabies or being rabies
				suspects.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 13 - Local rabies control programs › Section ATCP 13.04 - Trained individual certification

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) APPLICATION FOR
				CERTIFICATION. Application for a trained individual certificate shall be made
				on forms prescribed by the department.
(2) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. Certification
				may be granted by the department upon completion of the following requirements:
(a) Satisfactory completion of a department
				training program which includes but is not limited to:
1. Statutory authority and requirements under
				the state rabies control program (s.
				95.21,
				Stats.).
2. Due process of law
				requirements in investigation and enforcement actions under a rabies control
				program.
3. Animal quarantine
				procedures.
4. Animal control
				procedures.
5. Animal observation
				skills for purposes of detecting possible evidence of rabies.
6. Other areas relevant to an effective
				rabies control program as determined by the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 14 - Livestock branding › Section ATCP 14.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The following terms, as defined, shall apply in the
				  interpretation and enforcement of these rules:
(1) "Department" means the state of Wisconsin
				department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
(2) "Person" means any individual,
				partnership, corporation, association or other business entity.
(3) "Farrell system" means a numbering system
				using symbols other than Arabic or Roman numerals.
(4) "Brand" means an identification mark as
				defined in s.
				95.11(1)
				(a), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 14 - Livestock branding › Section ATCP 14.02 - Application for recording of brands

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Applications
				for the recording of a brand shall be made on forms provided by the department
				and shall include:
(a) The applicant's name
				and address
(b) A facsimile of the
				desired brand.
(c) The site
				location for the brand as authorized under s.
				ATCP 14.06(2) and
				(3).
(d) The signature of the applicant.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 14 - Livestock branding › Section ATCP 14.03 - Expiration and renewal of recorded brands

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) All recorded
				brands shall expire on December 31, 1984, and every 10th year thereafter,
				unless application for renewal of the recorded brand is received prior to
				expiration date.
(2) Applications
				for renewal of a recorded brand shall be made on forms provided by the
				department and be accompanied by a renewal fee of $10.
(3) Recorded brands shall be declared
				abandoned if application for renewal is not received by the department within
				90 days after expiration date of the period for which the brand was
				recorded.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 14 - Livestock branding › Section ATCP 14.05 - Brand identification

Current through June 24, 2024
Recorded brands may be applied to livestock only by means of
				  a hot brand, freeze brand, and permanent tattoo method. Recorded brands, as
				  applied to livestock shall be of a size and applied in such a manner as to be
				  clearly readable and identifiable.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 14 - Livestock branding › Section ATCP 14.06 - Brand site

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The location of a brand on livestock is
				an integral part of a brand, and if a single brand is recorded for use on both
				cattle and horses, it may be recorded for use at a common site location. If the
				same brand is to be used at a different location on livestock, an additional
				fee shall be required.
(2) Brands
				for the branding of cattle may be recorded only for application at one of the
				following sites:
(a) Right ear.
(b) Left ear.
(c) Right side of neck.
(d) Left side of neck.
(e) Right side of shoulder.
(f) Left side of shoulder.
(g) Right rib cage.
(h) Left rib cage.
(i) Right hip.
(j) Left hip.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 14 - Livestock branding › Section ATCP 14.07 - Brand design

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Numbers or numerals shall not be recorded
				as a brand unless accompanied by additional marking configuration.
(2) Single letters may be recorded as a
				brand, except for the letters "I" and "O" unless accompanied by additional
				marking configuration.
(3) If
				recording of a brand is refused for any reason, the department shall promptly
				notify the applicant stating reasons for denial.
(4) A configuration or design which can be
				read as a number through use of the "Farrell system" may not be recorded as a
				brand.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 14 - Livestock branding › Section ATCP 14.08 - Livestock brand certificate

Current through June 24, 2024
No brand shall be effective until approved and recorded and
				  an official brand certificate is issued by the department. The department shall
				  grant or deny a request for an official brand certificate within 20 business
				  days after the request is made to the department, provided that the request is
				  accompanied by all requisite information and documentation, including the
				  proposed brand design.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 15 - Humane Officer Training And Certification › Section ATCP 15.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Wisconsin
				department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
(2) "Humane officer" means a person appointed
				under s.
				173.03,
				Stats., to exercise powers or carry out duties identified under s.
				173.07,
				Stats.
(3) "Law enforcement
				officer" has the meaning given in s.
				165.85(2)
				(c), Stats.
(4) "Political subdivision" has the meaning
				given in s.
				173.01(3),
				Stats.
(5) "Veterinarian" means a
				person licensed under ch. 89, Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 15 - Humane Officer Training And Certification › Section ATCP 15.02 - Initial certification

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED. No person may
				serve as a humane officer unless the department certifies that person within
				one year after the person is appointed.
Note: Subsection (1) does not require a law enforcement
				  officer to be appointed or certified as a humane officer in order to enforce
				  laws related to animals. But if a law enforcement officer or other person is
				  appointed as a humane officer under s.
				  173.03,
				  Stats., he or she must be certified as a humane officer.
(2) CERTIFICATION STEPS. A person who wishes
				to be certified as a humane officer shall do all the following:
(a) Complete the initial training program
				under s.
				ATCP 15.06, if
				required.
(b) Pass the examination
				required under s.
				ATCP
				15.08.
(c)
				Submit an application as provided in sub. (3).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 15 - Humane Officer Training And Certification › Section ATCP 15.04 - Continuing certification

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CERTIFICATION
				EXPIRATION. A humane officer's certification expires on December 31 of each
				odd-numbered year. A humane officer who fails to renew his or her certification
				may not continue to serve as a humane officer.
(2) CERTIFICATION RENEWAL. A humane officer
				may apply to renew his or her certification using a form provided by the
				department. A renewal application shall include all the following:
(a) The applicant's name, address and
				telephone number.
(b) The identity
				of the applicant's employer, if the applicant is currently employed as a humane
				officer.
(c) A nonrefundable
				renewal fee of $35. This fee will not be prorated for partial years.
(d) Information showing that the applicant
				has satisfied the continuing education requirement under sub. (3). The
				application shall include the following information related to each continuing
				education program attended:
1. The program
				title and sponsor.
2. The program
				dates.
3. The program
				instructors.
4. The number of hours
				of instruction time attended.
5. A
				program description provided by the program sponsor. Alternatively, the
				applicant may describe the program and explain why it is relevant to his or her
				duties as a humane officer.
Note: You may obtain a renewal application form from the
				  department at the following address:
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
				  Protection, Animal Health Division, P. O. Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911,
				  Phone (608) 224-4872
(e) For a person who applies for the renewal
				of a certification after that certification has expired, in addition to all
				other fees required under this subsection, a late fee equal to 20% of those
				fees.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 15 - Humane Officer Training And Certification › Section ATCP 15.06 - Initial training

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) TRAINING REQUIRED. Except as provided in
				sub. (2), a person shall complete an initial training program before taking the
				examination under s.
				ATCP
				15.08.
(2)
				TRAINING EXEMPTIONS. Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following
				persons, unless that person has previously failed an examination under s.
				ATCP 15.08:
(a) A person employed as a humane officer in
				Wisconsin before December 1, 1999.
(b) A veterinarian.
(c) A person who has served as a humane
				officer in another state.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 15 - Humane Officer Training And Certification › Section ATCP 15.08 - Initial examination

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) EXAM REQUIRED. The department may not
				certify any person as a humane officer unless that person passes an examination
				administered by the department. No examination is required for the timely
				renewal of an expired certification that is submitted within the biennium after
				the certification's expiration.
(2)
				APPLYING TO TAKE EXAM. A person may apply to the department to take an
				examination under sub. (1). The person shall apply on a form provided by the
				department and shall include all the following:
(a) The person's name, address and telephone
				number.
(b) A $25 nonrefundable
				examination fee.
(c) The dates, if
				any, on which the person has previously taken the examination.
(d) Documentation required under sub. (3).
Note: You may obtain an exam application form from the
				  department at the following address:
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
				  Protection, Animal Health Division, P. O. Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911,
				  Phone (608) 224-4872
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 15 - Humane Officer Training And Certification › Section ATCP 15.10 - Humane officer appointment or termination; report

Current through June 24, 2024
A political subdivision shall notify the department in
				  writing whenever the political subdivision appoints or terminates a humane
				  officer. The political subdivision shall give the notice within 30 days after
				  the appointment or termination occurs. The notice shall include all the
				  following:
(1) The identity of the
				political subdivision.
(2) The name
				and address of the humane officer.
(3) The humane officer's certification number
				if the humane officer is currently certified under this chapter.
(4) The date of the appointment or
				termination.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 16 - Dog Sellers And Dog Facility Operators › Section ATCP 16.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"Accredited veterinarian" has the meaning given in s.
				ATCP
				10.01(2).
(2) "Animal control facility" means a
				facility in this state for the care of animals operated under a contract with a
				political subdivision under s.
				173.15(1),
				Stats.
(3) "Animal shelter" means a
				facility or legal entity in this state that is operated for the purpose of
				providing for and promoting the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of
				animals, that is used to shelter at least 25 dogs in a license year, and that
				is operated by a humane society, animal welfare society, animal rescue group,
				or other nonprofit group.
(4)
				"Department" means the Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer
				protection.
(4m) "Dog" means canis
				familiaris.
(5) "Dog breeder" means
				a person who in any license year sells at least 25 dogs, from more than 3
				litters, which that person has bred and raised in this state. A person has bred
				and raised dogs for purposes of this paragraph if that person has owned the
				dogs from birth until sale, regardless of whether the person has contracted
				with an agent to raise the dogs on real estate owned or occupied by that
				agent.
(6) "Dog breeding facility"
				means a place in this state where dogs are bred and raised and from which at
				least 25 dogs from more than 3 litters are sold in a license year.
(7) "Dog dealer" means any of the following
				persons, other than an out-of-state dog dealer:
(a) A person who in any license year sells or
				offers to sell in this state at least 25 dogs that the person owns but has not
				bred and raised.
(b) A person,
				other than an auctioneer or auction company registered under ch. 480, Stats.,
				who in any license year brokers or arranges the sale in this state of at least
				25 dogs that are under that person's custody or control but that the person
				does not own and has not bred or raised.
(c) An auctioneer or auction company
				registered under ch. 480, Stats., which operates one or more auctions in this
				state in which a combined total of 50 or more dogs are sold or offered for sale
				in any license year.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 16 - Dog Sellers And Dog Facility Operators › Section ATCP 16.02 - Dog sellers and dog facility operators; license

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LICENSE
				REQUIRED. Except as provided in s.
				ATCP
				16.04, no person may do any of the following
				activities or combination of activities in any license year without an annual
				license from the department:
(a) Operate an
				animal control facility.
(b)
				Operate an animal shelter.
(c)
				Operate as a dog breeder.
(d)
				Operate a dog breeding facility.
(e) Operate as a dog dealer.
(f) Operate as an out-of-state dog
				dealer.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 16 - Dog Sellers And Dog Facility Operators › Section ATCP 16.04 - Persons exempt from licensing

Current through June 24, 2024
The following persons are exempt from licensing under s.
				  ATCP
				  16.02(1), to the extent that they are
				  engaged only in the following activities:
(1) VETERINARIAN. A veterinarian who keeps
				dogs for the purpose of providing care or treatment in the normal course of
				veterinary practice, within the scope of the veterinarian's license under ch.
				89, Stats.
(2) PERSON CONDUCTING
				ONE-TIME SALE OF HIS OR HER DOGS. A person who sells his or her dogs at a
				one-time liquidation sale if all of the following apply:
(a) The person notifies the department of the
				proposed liquidation sale at least 30 days prior to the start of the sale. The
				notice shall identify the number of dogs that the person will offer for sale,
				the location at which the person keeps those dogs, and the starting date of the
				sale.
(b) The person, at the start
				of the liquidation sale and throughout the sale, offers to sell all of the dogs
				that the person owns and keeps at the location identified under par.
				(a).
(c) The person owns and keeps,
				at the location identified under par. (a), no more than 30 dogs at the start of
				the liquidation sale or at any time during the liquidation sale.
(d) The person does not move any other dogs
				to the location identified under par. (a) during the liquidation sale.
(e) The person does not permit
				other persons to sell their dogs from the location identified under par. (a)
				during the liquidation sale.
(f)
				The person was not licensed under s.
				ATCP
				16.02(1) during the preceding license
				year, and did not conduct a sale under this subsection during the preceding
				license year.
(g) The person does
				not engage in activities for which a license is required under s.
				ATCP
				16.02(1) in the next
				year.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 16 - Dog Sellers And Dog Facility Operators › Section ATCP 16.06 - Applying for a license

Current through June 24, 2024
A person shall apply for a license under s.
				  ATCP
				  16.02(1)  on a form provided by the
				  department. The application shall include all of the following:
(1) The applicant's legal name and any
				business names under which the applicant may engage in an activity for which
				the license is required.
(2) The
				applicant's principal business address.
(3) The address of each location, other than
				the residence of a home custody service provider under s.
				ATCP
				16.14(2), at which the applicant may
				keep dogs in this state pursuant to the license. If an identified location is
				an animal control facility, animal shelter or dog breeding facility, the
				application shall disclose that fact.
(4) A statement indicating whether, in
				connection with the applicant's licensed operation, the applicant may consign
				any dogs to individuals for home custody under s.
				ATCP
				16.14(2).
(5) An identification of each activity under
				s.
				ATCP
				16.02(1) (a) to (f) in which the
				applicant may engage.
(6) The total
				number of dogs that the applicant sold during the preceding license year from
				all locations identified under sub. (3) other than from animal control
				facilities and animal shelters. If the applicant did not sell any dogs from
				those locations during the preceding license year, the applicant shall report
				the total number of dogs that the applicant expects to sell from those
				locations during the license year for which application is made.
(7) All license fees and surcharges required
				under s.
				ATCP
				16.08.
(8)
				If the applicant applies to be licensed as an out-of-state dog dealer, copies
				of all of the following:
(a) Any dog seller's
				license that the person is required to hold in the state from which that person
				operates in this state as an out-of-state dog dealer.
(b) Any dog seller's license that the person
				is required to hold under federal law.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 16 - Dog Sellers And Dog Facility Operators › Section ATCP 16.08 - License fees and surcharges

Current through June 24, 2024
A license application under s.
				  ATCP 16.06
				  shall include all of the following nonrefundable fees and surcharges, as
				  applicable:
(1) A license fee of $250
				for each animal shelter or animal control facility that the applicant may
				operate during the license year. If the applicant operates a combined animal
				shelter and animal control facility at the same location, the $250 fee for that
				location covers the combined operations.
(2) The following fee based on the number of
				dog sales reported under s.
				ATCP
				16.06(6):
(a) $550 if the number is at least 25 but
				less than 50.
(b) $1,100 if the
				number is at least 50 but less than 100.
(c) $1,650 if the number is at least 100 but
				less than 250.
(d) $2,200 if the
				number is at least 250.
Note:
The fee under sub. (2) is based on the
				  total number of dogs sold by the applicant, regardless of the number of
				  locations from which the applicant makes those sales.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 16 - Dog Sellers And Dog Facility Operators › Section ATCP 16.10 - Issuing or withdrawing a license

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) TIMELY ACTION
				ON LICENSE APPLICATION. The department shall grant or deny a license
				application under s.
				ATCP 16.06
				within 30 business days after all of the following have occurred:
(a) The department has received a complete
				application, including all required fees and surcharges.
(b) The department has completed any
				pre-license inspection required under s.
				ATCP
				16.12(2).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 16 - Dog Sellers And Dog Facility Operators › Section ATCP 16.12 - Inspecting licensed operations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL.
(a) The department may at any time during
				reasonable hours inspect any place at which a person who is required to be
				licensed under s.
				ATCP
				16.02(1) engages in any activity for
				which that license is required, regardless of whether that person owns or
				operates that place.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 16 - Dog Sellers And Dog Facility Operators › Section ATCP 16.15 - Dog sales; general

Current through June 24, 2024
Whenever a person who is required to be licensed under s.
				  ATCP
				  16.02(1) sells a dog in this state,
				  the dog shall be accompanied by all of the following:
(1) A valid certificate of veterinary
				inspection under s.
				ATCP
				16.16.
(2)
				All vaccination records required under s.
				ATCP 16.14(3) (h)
				2.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 16 - Dog Sellers And Dog Facility Operators › Section ATCP 16.16 - Certificate of veterinary inspection

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DOG SALES. A
				valid certificate of veterinary inspection required to sell a dog under s. ATCP
				16.15(1) shall meet all of the requirements under this section. A single
				certificate may cover more than one dog.
(2) WHO MAY ISSUE. A certificate of
				veterinary inspection under sub. (1) shall be prepared and signed by a
				Wisconsin certified veterinarian described under s.
				ATCP
				10.05, except that a certificate accompanying a dog
				imported into this state shall be issued by an accredited veterinarian, as
				defined under s.
				ATCP
				10.01(2).
(3) FORM.
(a) A certificate of veterinary inspection
				shall be issued on a form provided or approved by the department.
(b) A Wisconsin certified veterinarian may
				obtain Wisconsin certificate of veterinary inspection forms from the
				department, as provided under s.
				ATCP 10.06(3)
				(b).
Note:
Wisconsin certificate of veterinary
				  inspection forms may be obtained for $0.60 each. Forms may be obtained online
				  at:
https://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/vetcatalog/index.jsp
or by contacting the department at the following address:
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
				  Protection
Division of Animal Health
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
Phone: (608) 224-4872
Fax: (608) 224-4871
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 16 - Dog Sellers And Dog Facility Operators › Section ATCP 16.18 - Age at which dogs may be sold

Current through June 24, 2024
A person who is required to be licensed under s.
				  ATCP
				  16.02(1) may not, in connection with
				  the sale of a dog, transfer that dog to the physical custody of the buyer
				  unless the dog is at least 7 weeks old.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 16 - Dog Sellers And Dog Facility Operators › Section ATCP 16.20 - Dog care; general

Current through June 24, 2024
The following standards of care apply to all dogs kept
				  pursuant to a license under s.
				  ATCP
				  16.02(1), including any dogs that the
				  license holder consigns to a home custody provider:
(1) FOOD AND WATER.
(a) Each dog shall be fed at least once a
				day, unless another schedule is needed to maintain or restore the dog's
				health.
(b) The size and
				nutritional content of a dog's daily food ration shall be based on dog's age,
				condition, size, and weight.
(c)
				Dog food shall be wholesome, uncontaminated, and palatable. Dog food shall be
				stored in a manner that keeps it wholesome, uncontaminated, and palatable. Food
				storage containers shall be kept clean and free of contaminants.
(d) All dogs shall have adequate access to
				water during the course of the day to keep the dogs well-hydrated at all times.
				Water shall be fluid, potable, and uncontaminated.
(e) Food and water shall be provided under
				this subsection in durable containers, except that food may be provided in a
				nondurable container if the container is discarded after a single
				use.
(f) Water containers,
				non-disposable food containers and non-disposable utensils shall be cleaned
				with an appropriate detergent, rinsed, and sanitized with an appropriate
				sanitizer as often as necessary but at least once a week to keep them free of
				accumulated dirt, debris, and disease hazards.