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...After paying all necessary expenses of administering the sections of the Revised Code relating to the registration, seizing, impounding, and destroying of dogs, including the purchase, construction, and repair of vehicles and facilities necessary for the proper administration of such sections, the board of county commissioners, at the December session, if there remains more than two thousand dollars in the dog and ke...

...(A) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of section 955.261 of the Revised Code, a dog that is chasing or approaching in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack, that attempts to bite or otherwise endanger, or that kills or injures a person or a dog that chases, threatens, harasses, injures, or kills livestock, poultry, other domestic animal, or other animal, that is the property of another person, except ...

...No person shall violate a rabies quarantine order issued under section 955.26 of the Revised Code.

...Any corporation which violates section 955.39 of the Revised Code shall forfeit and pay to the municipal corporation a sum not to exceed three hundred dollars, to be collected in a civil action brought in the name of the municipal corporation. The judgment authorized in this section being in the nature of a penalty, or exemplary damages, no proof of actual damages shall be required, but the court or jury, finding ot...

...The board of county commissioners, not later than the third regular meeting after it is presented with the account provided for by section 955.42 of the Revised Code, shall examine the account and, if it is found in whole or part correct and just, may order a payment in whole or in part to either the patient, the representative of the patient referred to in that section, or the physician who rendered the patient's me...

...A person bitten or injured by an animal afflicted with rabies, if the bite or injury has caused the person to employ medical or surgical treatment, may present, within four months after the bite or injury and at a regular meeting of the board of county commissioners of the county where the bite or injury was received, an itemized account of the expenses incurred and amount paid by the person for medical and surgical ...

...(A) When a person who is blind, deaf, or hearing impaired, a person with a mobility impairment, or a trainer of an assistance dog is accompanied by an assistance dog, the person or trainer, as applicable, is entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of all public conveyances, hotels, lodging places, all places of public accommodation, amusement, or resort, all institutions ...

...All fines collected for violations of sections 955.11, 955.21, 955.22, 955.23, 955.25, and 955.261 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the dog and kennel fund.

...ited by the United States department of agriculture and authorized to issue health certificates for animals in interstate commerce, certifying that the dog is sufficiently sound and healthy to be reasonably expected to withstand the intended transportation without adverse effect. (C) This section does not apply to the transportation of dogs in interstate commerce by common carrier, provided that neither the point of...

...ock auction selected by the director of agriculture and licensed under Chapter 943. of the Revised Code. (3) "Grade animal" means an animal that is not eligible for registration by a breed association or in a registry. (4) "Predator" means a coyote or a black vulture. (B) An owner of an animal that has been injured or killed by a predator and that the owner believes has a fair market value of more than twenty-five...

...(A)(1) The department of agriculture shall hear claims that are approved by the dog warden and supported by the wildlife officer pursuant to section 955.51 of the Revised Code in the order of their filing and may allow the claims in full or in part, or may disallow any claim, as the testimony and information submitted under that section show to be just. The department shall make the final determination of the fair m...

...claim forms prepared by the director of agriculture and furnished by the dog warden. The forms shall not require an affidavit, but shall contain lines for the signatures of the claimant and witnesses and, immediately above those lines, the sentence, "This statement is made subject to the criminal penalties for falsification provided for in section 2921.13 of the Revised Code.

...(A) No person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony offense of violence committed on or after the effective date of this section or a felony violation of any provision of Chapter 959., 2923., or 2925. of the Revised Code committed on or after the effective date of this section shall knowingly own, possess, have custody of, or reside in a residence with either of the following for a period of three ye...

...(A)(1) Whoever violates division (E) of section 955.11 of the Revised Code because of a failure to comply with division (B) of that section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (2) Whoever violates division (E) of section 955.11 of the Revised Code because of a failure to comply with division (C) or (D) of that section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree o...

...All of the following 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...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall 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 volum...

...In addition to complying with rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code, a high volume breeder shall do all of the following with regard to a dog that is kept, housed, and maintained by the breeder: (A) Unless otherwise directed by a veterinarian, provide the dog, twice each day, with food that is all of the following: (1) Sufficient to maintain normal body condition and weight; (2) Unspoiled and u...

...eeder license issued by the director of agriculture in accordance with this section and rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code. (2) The director shall not issue a license under this section unless the director determines that the applicant will operate or will continue to operate the high volume breeder in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (B) In determining whether an establi...

...scribed and provided by the director of agriculture. The document shall state that the in-state high volume breeder or out-of-state dog breeder is in compliance with the standards of care established in rules adopted under section 956.03 and in section 956.031 of the Revised Code. The broker or owner or operator shall keep and maintain the signed document. If the in-state high volume breeder or out-of-state dog breed...

...roker license issued by the director of agriculture in accordance with this section and rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code. (2) The director shall not issue a license under this section unless the director determines that the applicant will act as or perform the functions of a dog broker in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (B) A person who is proposing to act as or perf...

... is approved for use by the director of agriculture under rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code; (4) A dog to a person who is younger than eighteen years of age as verified by valid photo identification; (5) A dog acquired from a qualified breeder as defined in section 956.19 of the Revised Code unless the dog broker provides to the person acquiring the dog, at a time prior to the transaction for...

... first registering with the director of agriculture in accordance with division (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 regis...

... (B) Money collected by the director of agriculture from each application fee submitted under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the commercial dog breeding fund created in section 956.18 of the Revised Code. The director shall use fifty dollars of the application fee submitted by a high volume breeder under this section or an amount equal to the fee charged for the registration of...

...tandards established by the director of agriculture in rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code or with section 956.031 of the Revised Code. (B) No person acting as or performing the functions of a dog broker shall fail to comply with applicable requirements established by the director in rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code. (C) No person registered as an animal rescue for dogs ...

...The director of agriculture shall enforce the requirements and standards established in this chapter and rules adopted under it.

... notice of that fact to the director of agriculture or to a licensed veterinarian. (B) If a veterinarian receives notice of the existence or suspected existence of a dangerously contagious or infectious disease, a disease of concern, or a residue as provided in division (A) of this section, the veterinarian immediately shall communicate that notice to the director. (C) No person shall sell, attempt to sell, keep wi...

...(A) When the director of agriculture is notified by any person of the possibility of the existence of a dangerously contagious or infectious disease, a disease of concern, or a residue, the director immediately shall order an investigation to be made. In order to conduct an investigation, the director or the director's designee may quarantine the animal and, if the director or the director's designee considers it nec...

... person authorized by the department of agriculture shall stable the animal when requested to do so by the authorized person. (B) The owner or person in charge of an animal that is to be tested or examined by a person authorized by the department shall furnish all reasonable assistance in the handling, restraint, and care of the animal. (C) In the event the owner or bailee of an animal refuses to stable the animal ...

...(A) The director of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the identification of an animal tested for, vaccinated against, or infected with a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern or adulterated with a residue and the importation, use, dispensation, and reporting of the use of vaccines for mitigating dangerously contagious o...

...(A) The director of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules to govern the importation and movement of animals. (B) Whenever the governor upon receipt of information from the director believes that any condition or disease, including a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern present in any other state, territory, or country, may endanger the health of livestock, animals, or persons of thi...

...ovided in this chapter, the director of agriculture, without prior hearing, may order the destruction of any domestic or nondomestic animal found to be adulterated with residues, infected with or exposed to a dangerously contagious or infectious disease, infected with or exposed to a disease of concern, or determined to endanger the health or well-being of animal populations or public health in the state. If the dire...

...is ordered destroyed by the director of agriculture under this chapter, the director shall take an inventory of each animal that is destroyed and record sufficient information in order for an appraisal to be conducted, if necessary. (B)(1) Within thirty days after receiving a destruction order issued under this chapter, the owner of the animal subject to the order that seeks indemnification for the animal shall do b...

...otice in writing from the department of agriculture. (B) The owner of premises that contain a dead animal shall burn the body of the animal, bury it not less than four feet beneath the surface of the ground, dissolve it by alkaline hydrolysis, remove it in a watertight tank to a rendering establishment, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with section 939.04 or 953.26 of the Revised Code within a reasonable tim...

... of the Revised Code, the department of agriculture or the board of township trustees of the township in which the land is located shall have the body of the dead animal burned, buried, removed to a rendering establishment, or disposed of in accordance with section 953.26 of the Revised Code, as appropriate, and the cost thereof shall be added to the tax assessment of the land.

...on service, United States department of agriculture, in 9 C.F.R. 78.1 et seq., as amended, or that are reclassified as negative by a designated epidemiologist in accordance with rules adopted under section 941.22 of the Revised Code; (2) Animals other than cattle, bison, and swine, that are reclassified negative by a designated epidemiologist in accordance with rules adopted under section 941.22 of the Revised Code....

...(A) The director of agriculture may adopt 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 agricu...

...e animal owners, the Ohio department of agriculture and the United States department of agriculture in the control and eradication of brucellosis. The money so appropriated shall be placed in a fund to be used for the eradication of brucellosis in the county in which it originated, subject to the approval of the Ohio department of agriculture.

...uthorized to do so by the department of agriculture. Such authority may be revoked for any violation of Chapter 941. of the Revised Code, without a hearing. (B) No person shall administer a brucella vaccine that is not approved by the Ohio department of agriculture and produced under license of the United States department of agriculture. (C) Any person who makes a brucellosis test or employs any other method of de...

...blishment approved by the department of agriculture, provided the positive or suspect animal is marked in accordance with this section and is accompanied by a permit issued by the department. Such an animal shall be delivered to an approved slaughtering establishment within a ten-day period from the date the animal was either consigned for slaughter or a permit was issued for its slaughter. (D) A positive animal sha...

... regulations adopted by the director of agriculture.

...infectant approved by the department of agriculture, in accordance with regulations which the department may adopt.

...(A) The director of agriculture may adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the importation, identification, dispensation, use, and reporting the use of vaccines for mitigating johne's disease. (B) In determining whether an animal is infected with johne's disease, the mycobacterium paratuberculosis is isolated by a bacteriological culture or the animal is...

...A) Porcine animals that the director of agriculture finds to be infected with or exposed to pseudorabies may be ordered destroyed in accordance with section 941.11 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall adopt rules to indemnify the owner of any porcine animal destroyed under this section, which shall set forth the amount of the indemnity and conditions for payment of an indemnity. Payment of indemnity shall be ...

...As used in sections 941.51 to 941.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "Negative" means an animal determined by a tuberculosis test not to be infected with tuberculosis. (B) "Reactor" means any animal that shows a response to an approved tuberculin test and is classified a reactor by the testing veterinarian. (C) "Suspect" means an animal that cannot be classed as a reactor or negative after a tuberculosis test. (D) "Tube...

...(A) The director of agriculture 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 th...

...e cattle owners, the Ohio department of agriculture, and the United States department of agriculture in the control and eradication of tuberculosis. The money so appropriated shall be placed in a fund to be used solely in the county in which it originated, subject to the approval of the Ohio department of agriculture.

... a method approved by the department of agriculture. (B) Every tuberculosis test shall be reported to the department within seven days after making the test, unless an extension of time is granted by the department. (C) The report shall be made on a form provided by the department and shall include the name and address of the owner of the animal, identification of the animal, and any other information as may be req...

...blishment approved by the department of agriculture no later than fifteen days after it is ordered destroyed, unless an extension of time is granted by the department. (B) A post mortem examination shall be made by a veterinarian authorized by the department, and a report of the examination shall be filed within five days after the examination on forms provided by the department.

...infectant approved by the department of agriculture, in accordance with regulations which the department may adopt.

...adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the issuance of a temporary or permanent injunction prohibiting violation of or compelling compliance with any provision of this chapter or any order issued by the director under this chapter.