- A. After the initial prelicensing inspection, each premise shall be inspected at least once every other year unless there is a change in ownership or change in facilities.
B. The following prelicensing inspections shall occur:
- 1. Upon submission of a complete application, the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall schedule an on-site meeting and inspection to review the facility;
- 2. The Department shall review the location of the facility, including breeding-pen fencing, gates, feed bunkers, shelter, carcass disposal areas, and any other facilities for the location;
- 3. The Department may request appropriate changes to the facility design;
- 4. In no case shall a license for a farmed cervidae facility be granted unless the Department has conducted a prelicensing inspection and the Department has approved the facility based on that inspection; and
- 5. The license shall be revoked for any facility that does not construct or operate the facility in accordance with the approved prelicensing inspection.
- C. All new facilities shall be inspected within ninety (90) calendar days prior to issuing a new license.
- D. It is the responsibility of the owner or operator to arrange the appropriate inspection and the Department shall be given adequate time to respond to the request for the initial inspection.
- E. Authorized agents of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation shall have the authority to enter and inspect any premises pursuant to Section 3-201 of Title 29 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code.
Laws 2010, HB 2295, c. 360, § 5, emerg. eff. July 1, 2010.