901:1-18-02. Definitions  


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  • As used in this chapter:

    (A) "Approved veterinarian" means any licensed and accredited veterinarian approved by the Ohio department of agriculture, or an employee of the Ohio department of agriculture or the United States department of agriculture, animal plant health inspection service, veterinary services.

    (B) "Certificate of veterinary inspection" means a form from the state of origin which has been issued and completed by a licensed and accredited veterinarian attesting to the health status and identification of an animal listed thereon.

    (C) "Contagious or infectious disease" means any disease, including any foreign animal disease, or vector, capable of transmission by any means from a carrier animal to a human or to another animal and includes dangerously contagious or infectious diseases.

    (D) "Department" means the Ohio department of agriculture or its designee.

    (E) "Exhibition" means any public show of animals which is sponsored by or under the control of an Ohio county or independent agricultural society organized under Chapter 1711. of the Revised Code; or the Ohio state fair; or which is assembled for a period which exceeds thirty-six hours or contains animals of origins other than Ohio.

    (F) "Licensed and accredited veterinarian" means a person who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine either by the state of Ohio or the state in which the certificate of veterinary inspection was issued and who is approved by the United States department of agriculture, animal plant health inspection service, veterinary services, to be an accredited veterinarian.

    (G) "Residue" means any poisonous or deleterious pesticide governed by 40 C.F.R. 180(2017), any poisonous or deleterious substance governed by 21 C.F.R. 109.6(2017), or any other substance governed by 21 C.F.R. 556(2017).


Effective: 6/21/2018
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 4/4/2018 and 06/21/2023
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 901.72, 941.03, 941.10
Rule Amplifies: 941.02, 941.041, 941.07, 941.09
Prior Effective Dates: 3/10/1990, 2/26/1996, 6/15/1998, 3/19/1999, 5/31/2001