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22 Pa. Code § 121.301. Definitions.

§ 121.301. Definitions.

 The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

   Agricultural products—Crops, livestock and livestock products, and commodities, including:

     (i)   Field crops, including corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, hay, potatoes and dry beans.

     (ii)   Fruits, including apples, peaches, grapes, cherries and berries.

     (iii)   Vegetables, including tomatoes, snap beans, cabbage, carrots, beets, onions and mushrooms.

     (iv)   Horticultural specialties, including nursey stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees and flowers.

     (v)   Cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, horses, poultry, fur-bearing animals, milk, eggs and furs.

     (vi)   Timber, wood and other wood products derived from trees.

     (vii)   Aquatic plants and animals and their by-products.

     (viii)   Products derived from one or more of the items listed in subparagraphs (i)—(vii) and other products derived from the business of farming, including other products manufactured, derived or prepared from the products mentioned in subparagraphs (i)—(vii), raw or processed, which are used as food for humans or animals.

   Immediate family member—A spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister or like relative-in-law of an owner of real property.

   Mixed practice of veterinary medicine—As described by the American Veterinary Medical Association, that type of clinical veterinary practice or consultation which deals with more than one categorical species, including, but not limited to, agricultural animals.

   United States Department of Agriculture Certification—Certification by the United States Department of Agriculture that a graduate veterinarian has successfully passed an examination and is certified to sign health certificates allowing the interstate commerce of agricultural animals and animal products as well as the ability to certify regulatory testing such as bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis.

   Veterinary practice—The practice in the field of veterinary medicine by a person qualified by educational training and experience in the science and techniques of veterinary medicine and who is currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine by the State Board of Veterinary Medicine under the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act (63 P. S. § §  485.1—485.33).

Cross References

   This section cited in 22 Pa. Code §  121.305 (relating to employment verification).



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