(a) The buyer, seller, and any dealer or market operator of sheep and goats, whether or not the animals are required to be identified, must maintain business records, such as:

1. (1) Changes of ownership;
2. (2) Yarding receipts;
3. (3) Sale tickets;
4. (4) Invoices; and
5. (5) Waybills.

(b)

1. (1) These records must be maintained for a minimum of five (5) years or provided to the Arkansas Board of Animal Health for entry on the Scrapie National Generic Database.
2. (2) The buyer, seller, and any dealer or market operator shall be equally responsible for maintaining the required records which shall be made available on request for regulation by agents of the board.

3. (3) Records required of persons who apply official identification to animals or who are involved in the change of ownership of identified animals are to include:

   1. (A) Official United States Department of Agriculture tag numbers, or other identifying numbers, including the premises identification and any other identification carried by, or assigned to, the animal at the time of change of ownership;
   2. (B) The date the animals were officially identified;
   3. (C)

(i) The name and address of the person who consigned the animal for change of ownership or from whom the animal was received.

1. (ii) If such animal was purchased at an auction, the name and address of the auction market, and the date of such consignment and purchase shall be included;

   1. (D) The name and address of the person or firm to whom the animal was sold and the date of such sale or consignment;
   2. (E) The breed, sex, approximate age, and weight of each animal;
   3. (F) The date and result of any test required for change of ownership or movement of each animal, or a copy of the official test record may be identified to the transaction and filed with the records; and
   4. (G) The required information relating to the change of ownership shall be recorded immediately upon completion of the change of ownership (but no later than twenty-four (24) hours after the change of ownership).