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...ative determines is most appropriate: (1) Quarantine the animal until it is brought into compliance; (2) Order the animal returned to the point of origin; (3) Order the animal moved to slaughter.

...rules that do all of the following: (1) Establish requirements for certifying a herd of cattle and bison as brucellosis-free; (2) Establish requirements for validating a herd of swine as brucellosis-free; (3) Designate an epidemiologist in accordance with federal regulations adopted by the animal and plant health inspection service, United States department of agriculture in 9 C.F.R. 78.1 et seq., as amende...

...griculture may adopt rules providing: (1) The requirements for qualification of a herd of cattle or bison as a tuberculosis accredited herd; (2) The requirements for qualification of an area as a modified tuberculosis accredited area or an accredited tuberculosis-free area; (3) The requirements for negative test status for animals other than cattle or bison. (B) Whenever ninety per cent of the cattle of a townshi...

...r an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The person may waive the right to an adjudication hearing. (B) If the opportunity for an adjudication hearing is waived or if, after an adjudication hearing, the director determines that a violation has occurred or is occurring, the director may issue an order requiring compliance with section 942.02 of the Revised Code and assess the civil penalty. ...

...t to sections 943.02, 943.03, and 943.031 of the Revised Code, shall be paid to the department of agriculture. (B) All annual renewal fees for the licenses shall be paid by the applicant for the renewal of a license on or before the thirty-first day of March of each year to the treasurer of state. Except for license fees for small dealers, the fees shall be based on the number of head of livestock purchased, s...

...(A)(1) The director of agriculture may, except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, refuse to grant or may suspend a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license, without prior hearing, after determining from evidence presented to the director that there is reasonable cause to believe any of the following situations exist: (a) Where the applicant or licensee or an employee has violated the laws of the s...

...e of carrying into effect sections 943.01 to 943.18 of the Revised Code. Those sections shall not apply to railroads subject to the "Interstate Commerce Act of 1887," 24 Stat. 379, 49 U.S.C.A. 1.

... revoked for a violation of section 943.11 of the Revised Code or of the rules and regulations of the department relating thereto. The license of any weigher convicted of a violation of such section shall be promptly revoked. A weigher's license, unless revoked, shall expire on the thirty-first day of March of each year and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03, i...

...After July 1, 1967, no method of slaughtering livestock or handling in connection with the commercial slaughtering of livestock shall be utilized unless it is humane. Without limiting other methods as may be prescribed by the secretary of agriculture of the United States, pursuant to "Act of August 27, 1958," 72 Stat. 862, 7 U.S.C.A. 1902, the following methods are deemed humane: (A) In the case of cattle, calves, h...

...es not apply to any of the following: (1) A farmer who slaughters the farmer's own animals, raised by the farmer on the farmer's own farm, processes the farmer's own meat therefrom, and disposes of the farmer's raw rendering material only by delivery to a person licensed under section 953.23 of the Revised Code; (2) A person whose only connection with raw rendering material is curing hides and skins; (3) A person ...

... Each rendering plant building shall: (1) Be provided with floors constructed of concrete or some other nonabsorbent materials; (2) Be maintained in a good state of repair; (3) Have an adequate water supply, and be supplied with sufficient steam and steam hose or other equipment approved by the department of agriculture to clean the floors of the plant and its trucks; (4) Have adequate drainage as determined by t...

... following requirements shall be met: (1) All raw rendering material shall be processed or disposed of within forty-eight hours after its arrival at the rendering plant; (2) Each cooking vat or tank shall be airtight, except for proper escapes for steam; (3) Steam shall be disposed of so as to cause no nuisance; (4) All skinning and dismembering of an animal body or part thereof shall be done within a building. ...

...(A) Each loading platform shall: (1) Be provided with floors constructed of concrete or some other nonabsorbent material; (2) Have an adequate supply of water and steam or other facilities to clean floors or means of conveyance; (3) Have adequate drainage as determined by the department. (B) Each loading platform, and all equipment used therewith, shall at all times be kept in a reasonably sanitary condition.

...sed in this section and in sections 955.16 and 955.43 of the Revised Code: (1) "Person with a mobility impairment" means any person, regardless of age, who is subject to a physiological impairment regardless of its cause, nature, or extent that renders the person unable to move about without the aid of crutches, a wheelchair, or any other form of support, or that limits the person's functional ability to ambulate,...

...e" has the same meaning as in section 301.28 of the Revised Code. (B) A county auditor may establish procedures and take actions that are necessary to allow for either or both of the following: (1) The registration of dogs and kennels under this chapter via the internet; (2) The payment of dog and kennel registration fees under this chapter by financial transaction devices, including payment by financial transacti...

...have seized to one of the following: (1) A dog pound operated by the county; (2) Another animal shelter for dogs, as defined in section 956.01 of the Revised Code, that operates in a manner suitable for a dog pound and that is able to adopt out, transfer out, or humanely destroy dogs in accordance with state law. (C) A dog warden shall not deliver dogs to an animal shelter for dogs under division (B)(2) of this...

...as the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. "Certified officer" means an individual who meets the requirements established under section 4729.534 of the Revised Code. "Chemical capture" means using an anesthetic drug or sedative on a companion animal to do any of the following: (1) Immobilize and capture; (2) Attempt to immobilize and capture; (3) Attempt to immobilize or capture. "Comp...

... redemption, as provided by section 955.18 of the Revised Code, unless any of the following applies: (1) Immediate humane destruction of the dog is necessary because of obvious disease or injury. If the diseased or injured dog is registered, as determined from the current year's registration list maintained by the warden and the county auditor of the county where the dog is registered, the necessity of destroying t...

...seized and impounded under sections 955.12, 955.15, and 955.16 of the Revised Code as follows: (1) Filing affidavit and issuing order to seize dog ________ $1.00; (2) Seizing dog and delivering to pound ________ 4.00; (3) Serving or posting of notice to owner ________ 2.00; (4) Housing and feeding dog per day ________ 1.50; (5) Selling or destroying dog ________ 2.00. (B...

...itimate training for such purpose. (B)(1) A board of county commissioners may adopt and enforce resolutions to control dogs within the unincorporated areas of the county that are not otherwise in conflict with any other provision of the Revised Code. (2) A board of township trustees may adopt and enforce resolutions to control dogs within the township that are not otherwise in conflict with any other provision of t...

... does at least one of the following: (1) In return for a fee or other consideration, sells five or more adult dogs or puppies in any calendar year to dog brokers or pet stores; (2) In return for a fee or other consideration, sells forty or more puppies in any calendar year to the public; or (3) Keeps, houses, and maintains, at any given time in a calendar year, more than forty puppies that are under four months...

... adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing all of the following: (1) Requirements and procedures governing high volume breeders, including the licensing and inspection of and record keeping by high volume breeders, in addition to the requirements and procedures established in this chapter. The rules shall include a requirement that a high volume breeder keep and maintain a record ...

...for the purposes of this section. (B)(1) If the director or the director's authorized representative determines that a dog is being kept by a high volume breeder or dog broker in a manner that materially violates this chapter or rules adopted under it, the director may impound the dog and order it to be seized by an animal rescue for dogs, an animal shelter for dogs, a boarding kennel, a veterinarian, a board of co...

...for either of the following reasons: (1) The applicant for the license has violated any provision of this chapter or a rule adopted under it if the violation materially threatens the health or welfare of a dog. (2) The applicant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a disqualifying offense as determined in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (B) The director may suspend or revoke a license is...

...lume breeder as defined in section 956.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A high volume breeder located in or out of this state that meets all of the following requirements: (1) The breeder is licensed by the United States department of agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 2133 and, if applicable, a state agency. (2) The breeder has not been issued a report of a direct noncompliance violation by the United States department of agr...