Md. Code Regs. 08.03.09.03

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 12, June 14, 2024

Section 08.03.09.03 - Rabies Emergency

A. A person may not import into Maryland any live raccoons, skunks, foxes, wolves, coyotes, bobcats, or any other mammalian wildlife species, or hybrids, for which there is no U.S.D.A. certified vaccine against rabies.

B. A person or incorporated or unincorporated organization may not harbor or move within Maryland any live raccoons, skunks, foxes, wolves, coyotes, bobcats, or any other mammalian wildlife species, or hybrids, for which there is no U.S.D.A. certified vaccine against rabies, without first having obtained a permit from the Service, except that it shall be lawful to transfer those living animals within a county or city to a designee of local government for the purpose of humane euthanasia.

C. This regulation does not prohibit the importation or possession of gerbils, hamsters, domesticated rats and mice, chinchillas, European ferrets, domestic rabbits, guinea pigs, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, and primates of the families Cebidae, Cercopithecidae, and Pongidae only.

D. Except as provided in COMAR 08.03.09.12B, this regulation does not prohibit or restrict the importation or possession of mammals into Maryland for use at a circus, carnival, or fair licensed under 9 CFR §§ 2.1- 2.11, Subpart A.

Md. Code Regs. 08.03.09.03

Regulations .03 were previously codified as under COMAR 08.03.01 Wildlife Conservation. In addition, Regulation .01I_K was previously codified as Regulation .20A_C under COMAR 08.03.01 and Regulation .02D was previously codified as Regulation .19 under COMAR 08.03.01. This recodification was effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1047)
Regulation .03 amended effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1047); July 29, 1985 (12:15 Md. R. 1515)
Regulation .03C amended effective June 30, 1986 (13:13 Md. R. 1490); February 13, 1995 (22:3 Md. R. 151); July 12, 1998 (25:14 Md. R. 1131)
Regulation .03D adopted effective May 25, 1992 (19:10 Md. R. 929)
Regulation .03D amended as an emergency provision effective December 17, 2002 (30:1 Md. R. 21); amended permanently effective March 3, 2003 (30:4 Md. R. 315)