Section 18 AAC 36.990 - DefinitionsIn this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian accredited by the USDA under 9 C.F.R. 160.1 - 161.6 to practice veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry; (2) "animal" has the meaning given in AS 03.05.100;(3) "APHIS" means the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (4) "camelid" means a species of alpaca, llama, camel, or other member of the family Camelidae;(5) "captive cervid" means a cervid raised under confinement or agricultural conditions for the production of food, for sport, as a pet, or for exhibition;(6) "cattle" means a cow, bull, steer, heifer, or other member of the species Bos taurus;(7) "cervid" means a species of deer, elk, moose, or other member of the family Cervidae;(8) "clinical signs" means evidence or symptoms of a disease exhibited by an animal that a person can observe, touch, smell, or hear; (9) "communicable disease" means a disease due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products transmitted from an infected person, animal, or inanimate reservoir to a susceptible host, either directly or indirectly, through an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the environment;(10) "contagious disease" means a communicable disease that is capable of being easily transmitted from one animal to another animal or a human;(11) "department" means the Department of Environmental Conservation;(12)"domestic animal" has the meaning given in AS 03.35.070;(13) "EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection Agency; (14) "equine" means a horse, mule, ass, pony, zebra, or other member of the family Equidae;(15) "exposed animal" means an animal that has been on infected premises or that has associated with another animal known Lo be infected with any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, as determined by the state veterinarian;(16) "fair" means an event that primarily consists of displays, exhibitions, demonstrations, contests, or promotions of agricultural concern; (17) "FDA" means the United States Food and Drug Administration; (18) "flock" means a group of sheep or goats that are kept, fed, and herded together under single or multiple ownership;(19) "flock identification number" means a unique flock identification number assigned by the department to the owner of each flock of sheep or goats participating in the scrapie flock certification program under 18 AAC 36.245;(20) "goat" means a species of the genus Capra;(21) "group" means two or more animals that are kept together;(22) "hatching egg" means an egg derived from poultry for purposes of hatching poultry; (23) "herd" (A) means a group of animals maintained on common ground or a group of animals geographically separated but under common ownership or supervision;(24) "high-risk animal" means (A) an animal described in Scrapie Program Standards Volume 2: Scrapie Free Flock Certification Program, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 36.920; and (B) an animal that is (i) the progeny or a reactor; (ii) born in the same herd or flock as a reactor during the same birthing season; or(iii) born during the same birthing season as a reactor in a source herd or flock; (25) "immediate slaughter" means delivery from the point of origin directly to an inspected slaughter facility operating under the permission of the USDA or the department, in which the delivery is made without stopping, unloading, or diverting;(26) "importation" means to transport or otherwise move an animal into the state; (27) "infectious disease" means a clinical disease of humans or animals resulting from an infection with an in fectious agent that can be, but is not necessarily, communicable or contagious;(28) "laboratory" means a state or federal veterinary diagnostic laboratory that is approved by the USDA to conduct a particular type of testing; (29) "licensed veterinarian" means a veterinarian (A) with a valid license from the Board of Veterinary Examiners under AS 08.98; or (B) if practicing in another state or country, with a valid, equivalent authorization from that state or country;(30) "livestock" has the meaning given in AS 09.45.235(d); (31) "official animal identification" means an ear tag, tattoo, brand, or microchip that is permanently applied to an animal and that is compliant with 9 C.F.R. 86.4, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 36.920; (32) "owner" (A) means a person that has legal or rightful title to an animal regardless of any liens held on the animal; (B) includes a person designated by an owner as the representative of the owner; (33) "person" has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060; (34) "person responsible" means a person that the owner has designated to care for an animal; (35) "poultry" means domesticated fowl , including chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, doves, pigeons, and game birds, that are kept for the production of food or feathers, for sport, or for exhibition; (36) "premises" means the ground, area, buildings, and equipment occupied by one or more animals; (37) "purchased addition" means an animal that is acquired into a herd from another herd; (38) "quarantine" means the act of placing an imposed restriction prohibiting movement of an animal or animal product from a quarantine area without specific written permission of the state veterinarian or a USDA animal health official to prevent the transmission of a disease; (39) "quarantine area" means a designated area under quarantine and, with respect to the quarantine, under the direct supervision and control of the state veterinarian or a USDA animal health official; (40) "reactor" means an animal diagnosed as infected with a disease based on laboratory results, clinical signs, or epidemiologic investigation;(41)"ruminant" (A) means an animal that has more than one stomach and that swallows food and then brings it back up again to continue chewing it; (B) includes cattle, sheep, and goats; (42) "sheep" means a species of the genus Ovis; (43) "state animal health official" means a veterinary official who supervises and performs the official animal health work in another state;(44) "state veterinarian" means the veterinarian whom the commissioner employs or appoints under AS 03.05.013; (45) "suspect" means an animal that shows clinical signs or a response to a test but is not classified as a reactor or negative;(46) "USDA" means (A) the United States Department of Agriculture; or (B) if the animal is to be imported from another country, an animal health agency or program that the USDA recognizes as equivalent to the USDA in that country;(47) "veterinary biological products" (A) means all viruses, serums, toxins, analogous products of natural or synthetic origin , and products prepared from any type of genetic engineering, that are intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases in animals; (B) includes diagnostics, antitoxins, vaccines, live microorganisms, killed microorganisms, and the antigenic or immunizing components or microorganisms intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases in animals; (48) "waybill" means a document that gives details of animal shipment, contact in formation of the person shipping the animal and the person receiving the animal, and special handling instructions; (49) "working day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state or federal holiday.Eff. 3/24/2017,Register 221, April 2017The subject matter addressed in 18 AAC 36.990 was formerly addressed in 18 A AC 36.930. The history for 18 AAC 36.990 does not include the history or the earlier section.