HAR §4-20-2. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless context otherwise requires: "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian certified by federal and state animal health authorities to participate in cooperative disease control activities, including execution of health certificates for the interstate and international movement of animals; "Board" means board of agriculture, State of Hawaii; "Carrier" means any ship, vessel, airplane, or other conveyance to transport animals; or its master, commanding officer, owner, local manager, or agent; "Chief plant inspector" means branch chief of the plant quarantine branch, plant industry division; "Department" means department of agriculture, State of Hawaii; "Division" means division of animal industry, department of agriculture; "Effects" includes ropes, halters, harnesses, buckets, stalls, crates, pens, stables, feed, feed bags, and other equipment used to handle, confine, maintain, or transport animals; "Inspector" means a veterinarian or livestock inspector in the division of animal industry or USDA; "Interstate health certificate" means an official document issued by an accredited veterinarian or a state or federal veterinary officer certifying that the animals being shipped are free from external parasites and symptoms of transmissible disease and providing all other information and test results required for acceptance by the state of destination; "Non-domestic animals" includes all animals other than those normally maintained in the domestic state or in association with humans; "Premises" means a piece of property, including any structure on it; "Quarantine" means the isolation of an animal or animals on premises or in areas specified by the division; the designation given such premises or areas. No animals may be removed from or be added to such premises or areas except as permitted by the division; "Shipmaster's declaration" means an official state form which must be completed and submitted by a carrier providing information on animals and birds transported; 20-2 §4-20-5 "State veterinarian" means a qualified veterinarian in the division of animal industry, department of agriculture, designated by the board of agriculture; "Transmissible disease" means any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease of animals; "USDA" means United States Department of Agriculture; and "Vaccine" means a suspension of live, attenuated or killed microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses used for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases. [Eff. 10/5/81] (Auth: HRS §142-2) (Imp: HRS §142-3) SUBCHAPTER 2 IMPORT REQUIREMENTS