1. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall, within thirty days, register with the department on forms provided by the department and shall further register on the first day of January of each calendar year thereafter. Any person not so registered shall not engage in the shearing of sheep or goats other than his own.

2. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep and goats in counties having scabies as determined by the department shall clean and disinfect all equipment immediately following the completion of each shearing operation and before leaving the premises. The cleaning and disinfecting shall be in accordance with procedures as outlined by the department.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 267.717

  • 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

3. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall, within five days, promptly report any suspicion or evidence of scabies to the state, district or area veterinarian or area livestock inspector, giving name and address of the owner and exact location of premises.

4. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall maintain records of all sheep or goats sheared by them, which shall show the number of sheep or goats, the name and address of owner, the date of shearing. These records shall be made available to a representative of the department or division upon demand and shall be retained for a period of one year.