§ 1472 - -Test; certificate - Vermont Statutes

§ 1472. -Test; certificate TITLE 6AgriculturePART VLivestock Disease ControlCHAPTER 107. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

§ 1472. -Test; certificate

(a) A person wishing to export a domestic animal may obtain a certificate of veterinary inspection in the following manner. The applicant shall have the animal to be exported tested for such contagious disease, or other condition as may be required by the state or country to which the animal is to be shipped. Such test shall be made at the expense of the applicant by a veterinarian licensed in this state and accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture to sign certificates of veterinary inspection. The testing may also be conducted by a veterinarian resident of any other state in which a test is conducted who is certified by the authority charged with the control of animal health matters in the state wherein such veterinarian resides to be licensed as a veterinarian in that state and accredited by United States Department of Agriculture to sign certificates of veterinary inspection. Such test shall be made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as the secretary shall prescribe, and the result of the test shall be reported to the secretary within five days from the time it is completed.

(b) If the testing discloses that the animal tested is free of the disease or condition tested for and the secretary shall be satisfied that the testing was performed in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations, the secretary shall issue to the owner a certificate evidencing the date and the result of such test as shown by the report of the veterinarian who conducted the test and the fact that the test has been performed in accordance with the laws of this state. The secretary shall also include a certification as to the status of the licensing and accreditation of the veterinarian making the test.

(c) In cases covered by this section and section 1471 of this title, a veterinarian whose licensing and accreditation are certified to by the authority charged with the control of animal health matters in the state wherein such veterinarian resides, may be certified by the secretary as licensed and accredited, unless it shall affirmatively appear that such veterinarian is not licensed, or accredited. Veterinarians conducting tests or examinations in Vermont must be licensed in Vermont, or otherwise authorized to do so.

(d) Veterinary accreditation by United States Department of Agriculture and certification of accreditation shall only be necessary for animals exported out of Vermont when required by the state or country of destination. (Amended 1991, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. May 5, 1992; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)