SECTION 35:15-15-43. Requirements for quarantined holding facilities

(a)   Any licensed livestock dealer desiring to operate an equine quarantined holding facility shall file an application for approval of the facility on forms provided by the Board prior to operation.

(b)   The quarantined holding facility shall isolate or confine equine testing positive to an official EIA test and exposed Equidae at least four hundred forty (440) yards from all other Equidae at all times.

(c)   The quarantined holding facility shall be inspected by the Board prior to approval.

(d)   Failure to maintain animals in confinement and isolation at least four hundred forty (440) yards at a quarantined holding facility from all other Equidae at all times shall be a violation of these rules.

(e)   Animals held in a quarantined holding facility shall be shipped directly to an approved slaughter facility without diversion and shall not go through a market prior to shipment to slaughter.

(f)   All Equidae entering or leaving a quarantined holding facility shall be accompanied by a permit.

[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 3388, eff 7-1-95 (emergency); Added at 13 Ok Reg 1847, eff 6-14-96; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2821, eff 7-13-00; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1927, eff 6-27-02]