SECTION 35:15-44-19. Entry and export requirements

(a)   Import of cervidae shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection and a Cervidae Import Permit approved or provided by the Department.

(1)   The import permit shall be valid for thirty (30) days from approval.

(2)   Cervidae Import Permit applications shall be submitted to the Department no less than three (3) working days prior to the scheduled shipment.

(b)   Cervidae shall have two forms of identification. One (1) of these two (2) forms of identification shall be official identification.

(c)   The State Veterinarian or designee may require a brucellosis test of any cervidae subject to the provisions of this subchapter.

(d)   All cervidae shall meet the tuberculosis testing provisions found at 9 CFR Part 77 (2019 Revision).

(e)   All cervidae, within the genera Odocoileus, Cervus, and Alces and their hybrids, shall originate from a chronic wasting disease certified herd from a county where no chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in native cervidae populations.

[Source: Added at 24 Ok Reg 373, eff 11-29-06 (emergency); Added at 24 Ok Reg 1759, eff 6-25-07; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1108, eff 7-1-10; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 2177, eff 7-25-11; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 788, eff 7-1-13; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1150, eff 9-11-16; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1357, eff 9-14-19; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 947, eff 9-14-20]