South Carolina § 47-4-20 - Definitions.

§ 47-4-20. Definitions.

As used in this chapter and all matters assigned to the jurisdiction of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission:

(1) "Accredited veterinarian" means a licensed veterinarian approved by the United States Department of Agriculture in accordance with 9CFR Part 160 and 161.

(2) "Commission" means the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission or an officer or employee of the commission to whom authority to act in its stead is delegated.

(3) "Director" means the Director of the Division of Livestock-Poultry Health Programs, Clemson University.

(4) "Division" means the Division of Livestock-Poultry Health and its agents, employees, and officials.

(5) "Equine sales facility" means a premise where equine including, but not limited to, horses, mules, donkeys, and asses, are assembled to be sold, bartered, or exchanged. It includes a premise where a change of ownership occurs or is part of the procedure.

(6) "Inspector" means an employee or official of the division authorized by the director to carry out inspections or investigations required by law.

(7) "Livestock" means all classes and breeds of animals, domesticated or feral, raised for use, sale, or display.

(8) "Permit" means official authorization to engage in a specific activity.

(9) "Person" means an individual, a trust, a firm, a joint stock company, a corporation including a government corporation, a partnership, an association, a municipality, a commission, or a political subdivision of this or another state.

(10) "Poultry" means all avian species including wildfowl raised for use, sale, or display and domestic fowl.

(11) "Public livestock market" means livestock auction markets, public livestock assembly pens, stockyards, dealers in livestock, cooperative or buying stations, fairs, expositions, livestock shows, or other public places where livestock is assembled for purposes of sale, show, exchange, breeding, or barter and where the assembled livestock has more than one owner. The market may handle one or more species of livestock according to the terms of the permit. It does not include equine sales facilities or retail pet stores.

(12) "Quarantine" means limitations placed upon the free movement of certain things which include, but are not limited to, animals, poultry, plants, fodder, feed, equipment, products, by-products, machinery, goods, and means of transportation considered reasonably necessary to prevent the spread by whatever means of contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases of animals or poultry.

(13) "Service" means the Veterinary Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.

(14) "Slaughter assembly point" means a facility where livestock is assembled solely for holding or delivery for immediate slaughter.

(15) "State Veterinarian" means the Director of Livestock-Poultry Health Division, Clemson University, and his agents, assistants, and livestock inspectors.

HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 362, SECTION 1, eff May 3, 1994; 1995 Act No. 22, SECTION 2, eff April 4, 1995.