KRS 257.550: Kentucky Cervid CWD Surveillance and Identification Program.

(1) There shall be a ban on the importation of live members of the animal family

Cervidae into the Commonwealth that have not been subject to a program of

surveillance and identification for cervid chronic wasting disease (CWD) that meets

or exceeds:

(a) The r equirements of the Kentucky Cervid CWD Surveillance and

Identification (CCWDSI) Program set forth in this section and in

administrative regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Department of

Agriculture; and

(b) Any other health requirements as regulated by the Kentucky Department of

Agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture for cervids.

(2) The Kentucky Department of Agriculture shall be responsible for authorizing

importation of the members of the animal family Cervidae into the Commonweal th

that have been subject to a program of surveillance and identification for cervid

CWD that meets or exceeds:

(a) The requirements of the Kentucky CCWDSI Program set forth in this section

and in administrative regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Department of

Agriculture; and

(b) Any other health requirements as regulated by the Kentucky Department of

Agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture for cervids.

(3) Members of the animal family Cervidae shall not be eligible for importation into the

Commonwealth unless the program of surveillance and identification for cervid

CWD to which they have been subject:

(a) Has been certified by the exporting state's state veterinarian or agency having

jurisdiction over that state's surveillance and identification program;

(b) Has been approved by the Kentucky state veterinarian as meeting or exceeding

the standards imposed under the Kentucky CCWDSI Program; and

(c) Meets, at a minimum, the following requirements:

1. The program shall require cervid o wners to obtain identification and

laboratory diagnosis from brain tissue as directed by the exporting state's

state veterinarian or agency with jurisdiction for cervids twelve (12)

months of age or greater that:

a. Display clinical signs of CWD;

b. Die, including deaths by slaughter or by hunting, including hunting

on hunting preserves; or

c. Are ill or injured, regardless of whether the illness or injury results

in death; and

2. The program shall require cervid owners to obtain cervids from herds

that have been monitored for at least five (5) years and that have

complied with the standards contained in the Kentucky CCWDSI

Program.

(4) Cervids originating from a state that has reported a confirmed case of CWD in wild

or captive cervids shall not be im ported into Kentucky until the United States

Department of Agriculture approves:

(a) Regulations that allow importation from states with confirmed cases of CWD;

and

(b) A live test for CWD that is available for live testing of cervids.

(5) Importation of m embers of the animal family Cervidae into the Commonwealth

shall be consistent with this section and with administrative regulations

promulgated by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.