KRS 246.295: Administrative regulations relating to cervids -- Costs resulting from

importation of diseased animal.

(1) The Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Department of Fish and

Wildlife Resources, shall promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to health

requirements, eradication of diseases, importation, and unique individual

identification, including visual identification tags, of privately owned and farm

raised cervids maintained for the production of meat and other products. Nothing in

this section shall limit the authority of the Department of Fish and Wildlife

Resources to regulate the unique individual identification, including visual

identification, of captive cervids that are not privately owned and farm -raised

cervids maintained for the production of meat and other products. The Department

of Fish and Wildlife Resources, in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture,

shall promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the holding of cervids.

(2) If any person imports a diseased animal into the Commonwealth in violation of the

statutes and administrative regulations, then that person shall be responsible to the

Department of Agriculture and the Department of Fish and Wildlife for all costs

incurred in the investigation, response, and eradication of that disease.