Utah Code § 4-39-103: Department's responsibilities.

The department is responsible for enforcing laws and rules relating to:

(1) the importation, possession, or transportation of domesticated elk into the state or within the state;

(2) the inspection of domesticated elk facilities;

(3) preventing the outbreak and controlling the spread of disease-causing pathogens among domesticated elk in domesticated elk facilities;

(4) preventing the spread of disease-causing pathogens from domesticated elk to wildlife, other animals, or humans; and

(5) if necessary, quarantining any domesticated elk pursuant to Chapter 31, Control of Animal Disease.