Kan. Admin. Regs. § 9-10-49

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

Section 9-10-49 - [Effective 1/3/2025] Requirement for consignment for public livestock markets

(a) Each public livestock market operator or the public livestock market operator's representative shall complete an unloading ticket for each load of livestock or exotic animals delivered to the public livestock market at the time the livestock or exotic animals are unloaded at the public livestock market.

(1) Each unloading ticket shall contain the name, address, and contact information of the consignor.

(2) Each public livestock market operator shall be responsible for the accuracy of all information collected on the unloading ticket.

(3) A public livestock market shall not offer for sale livestock or exotic animals that are offered for sale by a consignor using a name that the public livestock market operator knows or reasonably should know is an alias name.

(b) Each public livestock market operator or the public livestock market operator's representative shall require each consignor to disclose to the public livestock market operator or the public livestock market operator's representative all known disease conditions, injuries, or physical defects of each livestock or exotic animal listed on the unloading ticket while unloading livestock or exotic animals at the public livestock market.

(c) Each market veterinarian shall inspect each livestock or exotic animal before the livestock or exotic animal is sold or exchanged to determine if the livestock or exotic animal possesses any of the diseases or injuries specified in 9-10-47 regardless of the livestock or exotic animal's physical location on the public livestock market premises.

(d) A public livestock market operator shall not allow a livestock or an exotic animal to be offered for sale, sold, or exchanged anywhere on the public livestock market's facilities without the livestock or exotic animal being inspected and released by the market veterinarian.

(e) By consigning livestock or exotic animals to a public livestock market, the consignor shall consent to the following:

(1) To have the livestock or exotic animal inspected by the market veterinarian;

(2) to abide by the market veterinarian's determination of the disposition of the livestock or exotic animal;

(3) to pay any costs incurred for the removal of the livestock or exotic animal from the public livestock market if the livestock or exotic animal is deemed unfit for sale by the market veterinarian as specified in 9-10-47 ; and

(4) to pay any costs incurred for euthanasia and disposal of the livestock or exotic animal if a livestock or exotic animal is deemed unfit for sale as specified in 9-10-47.

(f) A person shall not remove or tamper with any official identification except at the time of slaughter.

(g) A public livestock market operator or public livestock market operator's representative shall not accept livestock or exotic animals unless the livestock or exotic animals meet the requirements in article 2, article 3, and article 7 of the department's regulations.

(h) A public livestock market shall not sell livestock or exotic animals that have been classified as a brucellosis reactor, tuberculosis-positive, pseudorabies-positive, scrapie-positive, positive for equine infectious anemia, positive for chronic wasting disease, or positive for any other disease as specified by the animal health commissioner.

(i) When livestock or exotic animals are sold for slaughter purposes, each public livestock market operator or the public livestock market operator's representative shall disclose the status of the livestock or exotic animal from the auction block before the livestock or exotic animal is sold. Each public livestock market operator shall require that all livestock and exotic animals sold for slaughter purposes move directly from the original public livestock market to an approved slaughter facility.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 9-10-49

Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610, K.S.A. 47-1008, and K.S.A. 47-1832; implementing K.S.A. 47-607, K.S.A. 47-658b, K.S.A. 47-1008, and K.S.A. 47-1009; adopted by Kansas Register Volume 43, No. 51; effective 1/3/2025.