SECTION 800:25-24-3. Requirements

(a)   The following relate to the importation of live cervids into Commercial Hunting areas.

(1)   The import of cervidae for the purpose of deposition in a Commercial Hunting area that are originating in any county or Canadian province where Chronic Wasting Disease exists in free-ranging native herds shall be prohibited, except the State Veterinarian may allow an import from a Canadian province with Chronic Wasting Disease after notification to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and based on a review of the following factors:

(A)   distance of the farmed cervidae facility from the Chronic Wasting Disease area,

(B)   existence of double fencing between the farmed cervidae facility and free-ranging native herds,

(C)   farmed cervidae facility biosecurity measures,

(D)   participation of the farmed cervidae facility in any Canadian Chronic Wasting Disease herd certification programs, and

(E)   any other relevant factors,

(2)   All other cervidae imports into Commercial Hunting areas shall only be from a source herd that is in a Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance and certification program for a minimum of five (5) years monitored and the program meets the standards of cervidae importation into Oklahoma,

(3)   import of cervidae into Commercial Hunting areas shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection and an approved Cervidae Import Permit, and

(4)   import of cervidae into a Commercial Hunting area shall follow all other disease testing required by the Oklahoma Statutes or rules promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.

(b)   The following restrictions apply to the statewide importation of cervid carcasses or carcass parts

(1)   No person shall import, transport, or possess any cervid carcass or part of a cervid carcass from outside the boundaries of Oklahoma. The following items are the only exceptions:

(A)   Antlers or antlers attached to clean skull plate or cleaned skulls (all tissue removed);

(B)   Animal quarters containing no spinal materials or meat with all parts of the spinal column removed;

(C)   Cleaned teeth;

(D)   Finished taxidermy products;

(E)   Hides or tanned products.

[Source: Added at 19 Ok Reg 2865, eff 7-3-02 (emergency); Added at 20 Ok Reg 2224, eff 7-1-03; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 2307, eff 9-11-20]