36-25-01. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Board" means the state board of animal health.

2. "Commissioner" means the agriculture commissioner.

3. "Farmed elk" means mammals of the North American elk genus and species (cervus canadensis) confined in a manmade enclosure designed to prevent escape and: a. Raised for fiber, meat, or animal byproducts; b. Raised for breeding, exhibition, or harvest; or c. Maintained for any other purpose.

4. "Owner" means a person who owns or is responsible for the raising of farmed elk.