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...ubject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to implement, administer, and enforce this chapter. No person shall violate such a rule of the director. (B) In cooperation with law enforcement officers in this and other states, the director shall develop a uniform procedure for notifying livestock marketing and slaughtering establishments of reported livestock thefts and of any brands or other identifying marks on such ...

...r of agriculture may, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish and administer a program for registering identification numbers for farm equipment, livestock, and grain. The rules may provide for a central registry of identification numbers, the transfer, renewal, reinstatement, and reregistration of numbers, for fees, assuring that registrants are entitled to exclusive use of a number during ...

...iolates section 947.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (B) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates division (C) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (D) Whoever violates division (D) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty ...

...mal, other than a human being, and includes domestic fowl, wild birds, fish, and reptiles, living or dead. (B) "Licensee" means any person who is licensed in accordance with this chapter. (C) "Loading platform" means any place operated by a licensee for loading dead animals, or parts thereof, onto trucks to take them to a rendering plant or composting facility. (D) "Person" means any natural person, partnershi...

...usiness of disposing of, picking up, rendering, or collecting raw rendering material or transporting the material to a composting facility without a license to do so from the department of agriculture. (B) This chapter does 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...

...(2) The applicant's proposed place of business; (3) A detailed statement of the method that the applicant intends to use to dispose of, pick up, render, or collect raw rendering material or to transport it to a composting facility; (4) Such other relevant information as the department may require. (C) Each applicant shall submit the annual license fee with the application. (1) The license fee for a person app...

...(A) 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 b...

...(A) In the disposal or rendering of raw rendering material, all of the 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 dismemberin...

...(A) No raw rendering material shall be fed to an avian, equine, ovine, bovine, or porcine animal. (B) Except as provided in division (C) or (D) of this section, no raw rendering material shall be sold or offered for sale to a person who is not licensed under section 953.23 of the Revised Code unless the material is in a labeled wrapper or is in some other way identified or denatured in a manner approved by the depar...

...ply with the regulations adopted by the department of agriculture under division (A) of this section.

... or means of conveyance contains raw rendering material shall have free access to those premises or that means of conveyance at any reasonable time. (B) The department of agriculture shall inspect each place or means of conveyance licensed under section 953.23 of the Revised Code at least once each year and may inspect it as often as the department finds necessary. The department shall furnish a report of the findin...

...(A) No raw rendering material shall be conveyed unless the means of conveyance is so constructed that no drippings or seepings can escape from such means of conveyance and the raw rendering material is covered. (B) Each means of conveyance shall be thoroughly cleaned with steam, or such other method approved by the department of agriculture, at least once each day of its use for the conveyance of raw rendering mater...

...ch 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.

...The department of agriculture may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a license issued under this chapter for any violation under this chapter, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...tions 953.21 to 953.31 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree; on each subsequent violation, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...ch kennel for dogs" means a facility housing dogs that is maintained exclusively for research purposes. "Thermoneutral zone" means the range of ambient temperature in which a dog is able to maintain normal body temperature without a change in metabolic rate. "Veterinarian" means either a veterinarian licensed in this state under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code or a veterinarian licensed out of this state by an ...

... are not required to obtain a license under this chapter or comply with any other requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it: (A) Medical kennels for dogs ; (B) Research kennels for dogs ; (C) Animal shelters for dogs that are operated by a municipal corporation or by a county under Chapter 955. of the Revised Code ; (D) Animal shelters for dogs that are operated by a humane society; (E) Vete...

...igh 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 of veterinary care for each dog kept, housed, and maintained by the high volume breeder. The rules shall require the records to be kept and maint...

...r. (G) If the high volume breeder is using an indoor primary enclosure to house the dog, ensure that the enclosure is located in a facility that permits regulation of temperature, ventilation, and lighting, including diurnal lighting. The high volume breeder shall ensure that the lighting is sufficient, either through natural or artificial means, to observe the physical condition of the dog and to permit inspection...

...stal address. (C) A person who is proposing to operate a new high volume breeder shall submit an application for a license to the director at least ninety days before commencing operation of the high volume breeder. The application shall be submitted in the form and with the information required by rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code and shall include with it at least all of the following: (1) An...

...ect the signed document during normal business hours. With respect to a pet store, the requirements established under this section are in addition to the requirements established under section 956.20 of the Revised Code. (C) No dog broker or owner or operator of a pet store shall knowingly sell a dog unless the broker or owner or operator has obtained a signed document with respect to the dog as required under divis...

...ed under it. (B) A person who is proposing to act as or perform the functions of a dog broker shall submit an application for a license to the director. During the month of December, but before the first day of January of the next year, a person who is proposing to continue to act as or perform the functions of a dog broker shall obtain a license from the director for the following year. (C) The director shall is...

...) No dog broker shall negligently sell, deliver, barter, auction, broker, give away, or transfer a live dog to a pet store in this state unless the dog was obtained from one of the following sources: (1) An animal rescue for dogs; (2) An animal shelter for dogs; (3) A humane society; (4) A qualified breeder as defined in section 956.19 of the Revised Code. (B) No dog broker shall negligently sell, deliver, ...

... (C) of this section or rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code, as applicable. A registration is valid for one year. (2) A registration may be renewed. An application for renewal shall be submitted to the director at least ninety days prior to the expiration of the registration. (3) The director shall not charge a registration fee to an animal rescue for dogs. However, if a person fails to renew a...

...al license to operate a high volume breeder or to act as or perform the functions of a dog broker under section 956.04 or 956.05 of the Revised Code, as applicable, shall include with the application for a license a nonrefundable license application fee. The application fees are as follows: (1) For a high volume breeder: (a) One hundred fifty dollars if the high volume breeder annually sells at least forty, but n...