12:68:18:07Reporting requirements.

A permittee under § 12:68:18:06 shall maintain records of all additions and removals of animals covered by the permit requirements. The records must be made available to the board upon request and must include: (1) The individual identification of the animal by one or more of the following: (a) A legible tattoo; (b) An official eartag, as defined in 9 C.F.R. § 71.1 (January 1, 2025); or (c) Electronic means; and (2) The name and address of all parties involved in transactions of sale, purchase, lease, loan, gift, or translocation. Any reports involving captive nondomestic cervidae, imported or possessed in this state, must include individual animal identification. The permittee or the permittee's agent shall immediately report to the board any disappearance of an animal by death or escape and any diseased animal. The permittee shall have any animals that die autopsied at the official diagnostic laboratory for the board if requested to do so by the board. The permittee is responsible for any expense to transport the animals to the laboratory.

Source: 19 SDR 39, effective September 24, 1992; 20 SDR 96, effective December 31, 1993; 34 SDR 100, effective October 22, 2007; 37 SDR 47, effective September 20, 2010; 39 SDR 32, effective September 3, 2012; 44 SDR 47, effective September 18, 2017; 45 SDR 82, effective December 11, 2018; 48 SDR 39, effective October 4, 2021; 53 SDR 34, effective September 30, 2026.