Kan. Admin. Regs. § 9-10-41

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024

Section 9-10-41 - [Effective 1/3/2025] Definitions

Each of the following terms, as used in this article of the department's regulations, shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:

(a) "Alias name" means a pseudonym or assumed identity used for the purposes of deception as a buyer or seller or to conceal the real identity of an individual or individuals, except that alias name does not include corporations, LLC's, partnerships, or individuals operating under names listed as "doing business as," a commonly used nickname, or initials.

(b) "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by the administrator of the United States department of agriculture, animal plant health inspections service, to perform functions required by the cooperative state-federal disease control and eradication programs.

(c) "Backtag" means a tag issued by USDA that provides a temporary unique identification number for each animal.

(d) "Backtag contractor" means a person receiving payment for the application, recording, and reporting of official United States department of agriculture backtags applied to all sexually intact bovine 18 months of age and older at a public livestock market.

(e) "Bovine sold for slaughter" means any sexually intact bovine intended to move from a public livestock market or occasional livestock sale directly to a slaughter facility within 72 hours.

(f) "Certificate of veterinary inspection" means an official document issued by a federal, state, tribal, or accredited veterinarian certifying that the livestock or exotic animal identified on the document has been inspected and found to meet the requirements of the regulations pertaining to the intended movement location, within the same state, between states, or internationally.

(g) "Consignor" has the meaning specified for this term in K.S.A. 47-1001, and amendments thereto.

(h) "Electronic auction" has the meaning specified for this term in K.S.A. 47-1001, and amendments thereto.

(i) "Exotic animal" has the meaning specified for this term in K.S.A. 47-1832, and amendments thereto.

(j) "Livestock" has the meaning specified for this term in K.S.A. 47-1001, and amendments thereto.

(k) "Market veterinarian" means a licensed, accredited veterinarian approved by the animal health commissioner to perform functions at a public livestock market.

(l) "Occasional livestock sale" has the meaning specified for this term in K.S.A. 47-1001, and amendments thereto.

(m) "Occasional livestock sale operator" means any person who is licensed to conduct an occasional livestock sale.

(n) "Official identification" means a permanent, tamperproof means approved by the United States department of agriculture, animal plant health inspections service, and the animal health commissioner that assigns a permanent, unique numeric or alphanumeric identification to a livestock or exotic animal or a group of livestock or exotic animals.

(o) "Owner" means the individual or entity with legal possession or the financial control of livestock or exotic animals.

(p) "Person" has the meaning specified for this term in K.S.A. 47-1001, and amendments thereto.

(q) "Public livestock market" has the meaning specified for this term in K.S.A. 47-1001, and amendments thereto.

(r) "Public livestock market facilities" means all pens, yards, alleyways, sale rings, loading docks, scales, and vehicles and any other equipment necessary for the handling of livestock.

(s) "Public livestock market operator" has the meaning specified for this term in K.S.A. 47-1001, and amendments thereto, and also includes any designee of a person who meets that definition.

(t) "Purchaser" means the person responsible for payment of livestock or exotic animals that person purchased or were purchased by an agent in the person's name.

(u) "Sale" means livestock auctions or events, that receive on consignment, or solicit from the producer or consignor thereof, or hold in trust or custody for another, any livestock that is offered for exchange in return for monetary payment, payment in kind, or other consideration, on behalf of such producer or consignor at such auction or event, or sells, or offers for exchange in return for monetary payment, payment in kind, or other consideration, at such auction or event, for the account of the producer or consignor thereof, any livestock or directly or indirectly owns, conducts or operates such auction or event.

(v) "USDA" means United States department of agriculture.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 9-10-41

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 47-610 and K.S.A. 47-1832; adopted by Kansas Register Volume 43, No. 51; effective 1/3/2025.