A permit holder under § 12:68:18:06 must maintain records of all additions and removals of animals covered by the permit requirements. All such records must be made available to the board upon request. The records must include the individual identification, by legible tattoo or official eartag, as defined in 9 C.F.R. § 71.1 (January 1, 2021), by a similar tag, or by electronic means, and the name and address of all parties involved in transactions of sale, purchase, lease, loan, gift, or translocation.

Any reports involving captive nondomestic cervidae, imported or possessed in South Dakota, must include individual animal identification.

Disappearances by death or escape and any diseased animal must be reported to the board immediately. The permittee shall have any animals that die autopsied at the official diagnostic laboratory for the board if requested to do so by the board. The permittee is responsible for any expense to transport the animals to the laboratory.

Source: 19 SDR 39, effective September 24, 1992; 20 SDR 96, effective December 31, 1993; 34 SDR 100, effective October 22, 2007; 37 SDR 47, effective September 20, 2010; 39 SDR 32, effective September 3, 2012 ; 44 SDR 47, effective September 18, 2017; 45 SDR 82, effective December 11, 2018 ; 48 SDR 39, effective October 4, 2021 .

General Authority: SDCL 40-3-14 , 40-3-25 , 40-3-26 , 40-5-8.6 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 40-3-14 , 40-3-24 t hrough 40-3-26 , 40-5-8.6 .

Prior versions effective: 2018-12-11, 2017-09-18, 2012-09-03.