Subchapter F. MODIFIED ACCREDITED TUBERCULOSIS AREA
AND ACCREDITED FREE STATE
Sec.
9.51. Definition and designation of modified accredited area.
9.52. Definition and maintenance of accredited free state.
9.53. Herd additions in other than accredited free herds.
Authority The provisions of this Subchapter F issued under section 40 of the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. § 430); and section 1702 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 442), unless otherwise noted.
§ 9.51. Definition and designation of modified accredited area.
A state or county that maintains and reports an adequate testing and surveillance program for detection of tuberculosis according to the Federal Uniform Methods and Rules.
(1) The state shall take progressive steps to seek out and eliminate tuberculosis.
(2) Cattle in herds of origin or cattle associated with those showing evidence of tuberculosis at time of slaughter shall be quarantined and tested.
(3) The testing schedule of all reactor and suspect herds shall be current.
Source The provisions of this § 9.51 adopted November 28, 1975, effective November 29, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 3099.
§ 9.52. Definition and maintenance of accredited free state.
(a) A state may be declared Accredited Free if the state complies with the procedures in the Federal Uniform Methods and Rules and no evidence of tuberculosis has been found for 5 or more years.
(b) Disclosure of tuberculosis in an accredited free state will be sufficient justification for revocation or suspension of the free status. After the epidemiological studies have been completed and the exposed herds tested and no spread is evident, there will be reinstatement of the free status.
Source The provisions of this § 9.52 adopted November 28, 1975, effective November 29, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 3099.
§ 9.53. Herd additions in other than accredited free herds.
Additions shall meet the requirements in Chapter 3, Subchapters B and I (relating to importation of cattle, goats and buffalo; and intrastate transportation of cattle, goats and buffalo).
Source The provisions of this § 9.53 adopted November 28, 1975, effective November 29, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 3099.
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