(1) In addition to the requirements of OAR 603-011-1100 and all other import requirements, no turtles shall be imported into the State of Oregon with carapace lengths of less than four inches, except by:
- (a) A governmental agency;
- (b) A privately financed research group; or
- (c) A zoo or wildlife exhibit.
- (2) The Department may take samples of turtles, tankwater or other appropriate samples from turtles sold, distributed or given away and cause laboratory examinations to be made. In the event turtles, so sampled, are found contaminated with Salmonella, the Department may order the immediate humane destruction of any or all of the lot of turtles from which the samples were obtained.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 561 & 596
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 596.341
History
DOA 1-2024, renumbered from 603-011-0420, filed 01/03/2024, effective 01/03/2024
DOA 55-2023, amend filed 12/29/2023, effective 01/01/2024
AD 6-1985, f. & ef. 7-17-85
AD 3-1984, f. & ef. 1-20-84