§ 941.01 Animal diseases definitions
§ 941.02 Chief of division of animal health – qualifications and duties
§ 941.03 Administrative rules
§ 941.04 Access to premises containing contagious or infected animal by director or representative
§ 941.041 Prohibitions regarding animal diseases
§ 941.042 Application for search warrant to allow access or admission
§ 941.043 Order for immediate slaughter or boarding of animal
§ 941.05 Inspections – authority and enforcement
§ 941.06 Enforcing authority
§ 941.07 Dangerously contagious or infectious disease, a disease of concern, or a residue
§ 941.08 Testing or examining animal
§ 941.09 Rules governing identification of animals
§ 941.10 Rules governing importation and movement of animals
§ 941.11 Order for destruction of animal
§ 941.12 Indemnification for value of destroyed animals
§ 941.14 Disposal of dead or destroyed animals
§ 941.15 Owner failing to dispose of dead animal
§ 941.21 Brucellosis definitions
§ 941.22 Administrative rules
§ 941.23 County appropriation from funds
§ 941.24 Authority to test
§ 941.25 Consignment for slaughter of positive or suspect animals
§ 941.26 Movement of positive or suspect animals
§ 941.27 Disinfection of premises or means of conveyance
§ 941.31 Rules concerning Johne’s disease
§ 941.41 Destruction of porcine animals
§ 941.51 Tuberculosis definitions
§ 941.52 Administrative rules
§ 941.53 County appropriation from funds
§ 941.54 Tuberculosis tests
§ 941.55 Slaughter of animals – post mortem tests
§ 941.56 Disinfection of premises or means of conveyance
§ 941.60 Injunction prohibiting violation or compelling compliance
§ 941.99 Penalty

Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 941 - Animal Diseases

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61
  • Animal: means any animal that is a bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, or mammal, other than humans. See Ohio Code 941.01
  • Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Dangerously contagious or infectious disease: means any disease, including any foreign animal disease, or vector, that the director of agriculture, in the director's sound discretion, determines to be of harmful effect on the animal or poultry industry or the public health and to be capable of transmission by any means from a carrier animal to a human or to another animal. See Ohio Code 941.01
  • Disease of concern: means any disease, including any foreign animal disease, or vector, that the director determines may have an adverse impact on the animal or poultry industry or to the public health in this state, but that is not a disease that is reportable to the United States department of agriculture. See Ohio Code 941.01
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Foreign animal disease: means a contagious or infectious disease that is not present in United States domestic or nondomestic species populations and is listed by the United States department of agriculture as a "foreign animal disease. See Ohio Code 941.01
  • Geographic area: means any county or counties within this state or parts thereof as may be designated by the director. See Ohio Code 941.01
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Nondomestic animal: means any animal that is not domestic, including at least nonindigenous animals and animals usually not in captivity. See Ohio Code 941.01
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Poultry: includes chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, and game birds. See Ohio Code 941.01
  • Residue: means any poisonous or deleterious pesticide governed by 40 C. See Ohio Code 941.01
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Seal: means any band or object made of metal, plastic, or other material placed on a vehicle or other means of conveyance so that when the vehicle or conveyance is opened, the band or object is affected, altered, or broken. See Ohio Code 941.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Vector: means a disease carrier, usually from, but not limited to, the arthropod class, that transfers an infectious agent that may transmit a dangerously contagious or infectious disease from one host to another. See Ohio Code 941.01
  • Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02