(1) The Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, shall promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to health requirements, eradication of diseases, importation, and unique individual identification, including visual identification tags, of privately owned and farm raised cervids maintained for the production of meat and other products. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to regulate the unique individual identification, including visual identification, of captive cervids that are not privately owned and farm-raised cervids maintained for the production of meat and other products. The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, shall promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the holding of cervids.
(2) If any person imports a diseased animal into the Commonwealth in violation of the statutes and administrative regulations, then that person shall be responsible to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Fish and Wildlife for all costs incurred in the investigation, response, and eradication of that disease.
Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 6, effective June 25, 2009. — Created
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 2, effective March 28, 2002.