571—112.1(484B,484C) Definitions.

In addition to the definitions in Iowa Code sections 484B.1 and 484C.1, the following definitions apply:

“Accredited veterinarian” means a Category II-accredited veterinarian as authorized by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the state veterinarian in accordance with 9 CFR Part 161 as amended through February 25, 2020, to perform functions required by cooperative state/federal animal disease control and eradication programs.

“Annual activity report” means the Annual Report Form provided by the department.

“Approved laboratory” means an American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD)-accredited laboratory or the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa.

“Boundary sign” means a sign prescribed by the department that, when posted, designates the registered hunting preserve’s boundaries.

“Cervidae” or “cervids” means any member of the Cervidae family, whether free-ranging or captive, except those classified as farm deer by Iowa Code section 481A.1(21)“h.” “Farm deer” does not include any unmarked free-ranging elk, moose or mule deer.

“CWD” means chronic wasting disease, an infectious prion disease of cervids.

“Department” means the Iowa department of natural resources.

“Hunting preserve operator’s registration” means the authority of the holder to establish a hunting preserve for the purpose of holding, propagating, and releasing game birds or privately owned whitetails or other ungulates for hunting purposes. “Registration” means both the license created in Iowa Code section 484B.4 and the registration created in Iowa Code section 484C.7.

“Lease” means a land-lease document for hunting preserve purposes.

“Privately owned” means the propagation and holding of whitetails whose origins are from privately owned populations.

“Quarantine” means an imposed restriction prohibiting movement of whitetails to any location without specific written permits.

“Registrant” means a person or organization that is registered to possess a hunting preserve operator’s registration issued by the department.

“Transportation tag” means a self-adhesive, numbered tag for marking individual game birds and whitetails and other ungulates prior to transportation.

“Tissue sample” refers to the medial retropharyngeal lymph node, which is the preferred tissue type for CWD testing in whitetail deer and mule deer, or the lymph node and obex (caudal brainstem) in other cervid species. When damaged or degraded, the obex can be substituted in deer, though individual deer in early disease can be missed.

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