Ohio Administrative Code

(A) Each candidate for the office of director of a society shall declare his candidacy by filing with the secretary of the society, a petition signed by ten or more members of the agricultural society, at least seven days before the annual election of directors is held. The petit…

(A) Each society shall annually, and not later than the fifteenth day of November, elect as near as mathematically possible, one third of its directors. The directors shall serve a three year term, not to expire later than the thirtieth day of November.(B) Any society may:(1) Spe…

(A) On or about the thirtieth day of November following the society's annual election of directors, each societies' board of directors shall hold a reorganization meeting at which the oath of office shall be administered to all newly elected directors and the officers of the soci…

(A) Each agricultural society shall file a financial report, in accordance with section 117.38 of the Revised Code, and forward the report to the department include in the report to the director of agriculture, as required by section 1711.06 of the Revised Code, on forms provided…

(A) No society may amend the society's constitution or by-laws unless a majority of the membership which votes at the annual election of the board of directors or at the annual meeting of the membership of the society, whichever is specified in the constitution of the society, ap…

(A) If the constitution of the society permits such payments, any society may pay each director of the society, other than a non-voting director, an amount not exceeding forty dollars plus reimbursement on a per mile basis from the director's residence to the meeting place of the…

Each society is required to send an authorized representative to the annual meeting with the director of agriculture, as required by section 1711.06 of the Revised Code, to receive official recognition for the society. Last updated May 2, 2022 at 9:24 AM Authorized By: 1711.06 Am…

(A) Each society shall submit to the director of agriculture, on or before the tenth day of November of each year, a request for approval of the dates on which the society desires to hold the society's next annual fair. The director of agriculture shall base approval or disapprov…

(A) Each society shall:(1) Have at the society's annual fair, and at any other livestock exhibition which is sponsored by or is under the control of the society, an official veterinarian who has been approved by the director of agriculture for such service;(2) Submit to the direc…

(A) No person shall use society funds, facilities, or employees:(1) To promote the candidacy of any member who seeks election or re-election to the board of directors of the society; or(2) To influence the votes of members upon any amendment to the constitution or by-laws of the …

(A) "Junior fair premiums" as used in the forms for the annual reports of agricultural societies means:(1) Money paid by a society as awards to individual members or groups of members, of junior organizations for which the society provides awards in the society's annual premium l…

19.03 PDF: As used in this chapter:(A) "Approved accredited veterinarian" means an accredited veterinarian who has received chronic wasting disease training from the department.(B) "Captive deer with status" means captive white-tailed deer that have been legally acquired or their…

19.03 PDF: (A) All captive whitetail deer shall be designated as monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status. Owners of captive whitetail deer shall be licensed or registered under one of the following requiremen…

19.03 PDF: (A) Fencing.(1) Facilities must have perimeter fencing of at least eight feet in height, with a variance of four per cent, which prevents ingress and egress of captive whitetail deer.(2) Any new perimeter fencing for existing facilities for captive whitetail deer herds…

19.03 PDF: (A) Identification requirements of facilities that are not licensed as a hunting preserve:(1) All captive whitetail deer, whether natural additions to the herd or moved into the herd, that are three hundred sixty-five days of age or older shall be identified by both of…

19.03 PDF: (A) All captive deer, three hundred sixty-five days of age or older which die from injury, illness, slaughter, hunting, or any other cause, shall:(1) Be reported within twenty-four hours of discovery to an approved accredited veterinarian or if not available, the chief…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each owner must maintain a current complete herd inventory which must include, at a minimum, the following information and records for each captive whitetail deer:(1) All official and unique identification;(2) Age and date of birth;(3) Sex;(4) Date of aquisition;(5…

19.03 PDF: (A) For the purpose of rules 901:1-11-01 to 901:1-11-09 of the Administrative Code "pseudorabies" means that disease of animals designated as dangerously contagious or infectious by paragraph (A) of rule 901:1-21-02 of the Administrative Code.(B) Any test for pseudorab…

19.03 PDF: As used in Chapter 901:1-11 of the Administrative Code:(A) "Eradication plan" means a cooperative plan developed by state/federal representatives, the accredited veterinarian and the herd owner for controlling and eradicating pseudorabies.(B) "Feedlot" means a premises…

19.03 PDF: Unless authorized by the department no person shall remove, alter, or deface any identification, either permanent or temporary, applied to any animal being tested or examined for pseudorabies. Last updated September 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM Authorized By: – Amplifies: – Fiv…

19.03 PDF: (A) No person shall import into Ohio, have in his possession, or keep, buy, sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, give away, dispense or otherwise dispose of, any pseudorabies vaccine or pseudorabies test unless production of the vaccine or test was authorized by a U…

19.03 PDF: (A) Swine and other animals found to be infected with or exposed to pseudorabies, shall be quarantined. Any premises and herd where such diseased animals are found or have been recently kept shall also be quarantined.(B) No susceptible animal shall be brought to or rem…

19.03 PDF: (A) The owner of a herd of swine who wishes to have the herd certified by the department of agriculture as achieving and maintaining status as a pseudorabies qualified negative herd shall comply with the terms and conditions of one of the protocols attached to this rul…

19.03 PDF: (A) Swine under pseudorabies quarantine shall move in compliance with rules 901:1-11-04 and 901:1-11-05 of the Administrative Code.(B) Swine originating in a stage IV or higher area shall not require a negative test for pseudorabies as a requirement for change of owner…

19.03 PDF: (A) The department of agriculture shall place under quarantine any premises on which pseudorabies is known to exist. Where the department has reason to suspect the presence of pseudorabies, it shall require the owner or bailee to sign a written acknowledgement of possi…

19.03 PDF: (A) If pseudorabies is detected in a swine herd in the state of Ohio while Ohio is classified by United States department of agriculture as a stage five state:(1) The infected swine herd shall be isolated and depopulated within fifteen days after the test results confi…

19.03 PDF: As used in this chapter:(A) "Administrator" means the head of the animal and plant health inspection service of the United States department of agriculture and any individual authorized by the administrator to act for the administrator.(B) "Animal" means a sheep or goa…

19.03 PDF: (A) An owner, custodian, or veterinarian who observes symptoms suggestive of scrapie in an animal in a flock or herd shall:(1) Report within twenty four hours the symptoms to either a state/federal representative or, to an accredited veterinarian; or,(2) The owner shal…

19.03 PDF: (A) The following flocks and herds shall be quarantined:(1) An infected flock or herd;(2) A source flock or herd;(3) A flock or herd listed by the United States department of agriculture as a non-compliant flock or herd;(4) An exposed flock or herd in which the animal …

19.03 PDF: (A) Animals shipped into or out of Ohio shall be identified by one of the following means:(1) Electronic implants:(a) Which are approved for use in animals participating in a scrapie flock certification program (SFCP) and when accompanied by a certificate of veterinary…

19.03 PDF: (A) Flock and herd depopulation plans.(1) The owner of a flock or herd that participates in a depopulation plan shall:(a) Report within twenty four hours suspect animals and the deaths of animals over fourteen months of age;(b) Identify all animals with an official ide…

19.03 PDF: (A) No person shall move or import any animal into the state of Ohio unless that animal meets the rules of this chapter and all applicable federal laws or is otherwise exempt.(B) Animals imported in violation of the rules of this chapter shall be quarantined and be bro…

19.03 PDF: (A) The following terms and their definitions are incorporated from 9 CFR part 77.5 (2014):(1) "Accreditation preparatory state or zone";(2) "Accredited free state or zone";(3) "Accredited herd";(4) "Modified accredited advanced state or zone";(5) "Modified accredited …

19.03 PDF: (A) Except for the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C), and (D) of this rule, all cattle and bison imported into Ohio for breeding purposes shall:(1) Be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection issued within thirty days prior to entry and be identified with of…

19.03 PDF: (A) Cattle or bison imported into Ohio for purposes of feeding and grazing shall:(1) Remain in slaughter channels until they move to slaughter;(2) Be less than twenty months of age (as evidenced by the lack of the first pair of permanent incisor teeth);(3) Not be pregn…

19.03 PDF: (A) All dogs and cats imported into Ohio must be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection indicating freedom from disease and be currently vaccinated against rabies in accordance with the national association of state public health veterinarian's (NASPHV) …

19.03 PDF: (A) Goats imported into Ohio for breeding purposes shall: (1) Be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection issued within thirty days of entry and be identified with official individual identification as identified in paragraph (C) of this rule; and(2) Show …

19.03 PDF: (A) Each equine animal which is imported into Ohio shall:(1) Be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection issued at the point of origin immediately prior to entering Ohio, certifying that they have been given a careful, clinical inspection and been found to…

19.03 PDF: (A) Sheep imported into Ohio for breeding purposes shall:(1) Be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection issued within thirty days prior to entry and be identified with official individual identification;(2) Show no symptoms of infectious or contagious dis…

19.03 PDF: (A) Swine imported into Ohio for feeding purposes shall:(1) Originate from a pseudorabies stage V state or area;(2) Except for those animals described in paragraph (B) of this rule, be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection which shall include the follow…

19.03 PDF: (A) Cattle, bison, and cervidae may be imported into Ohio for slaughter without a certificate of veterinary inspection under the following conditions:(1) Originate from an accredited free state or zone and a certified free state; and(a) Are consigned to a USDA approved…

19.03 PDF: (A) Poultry and hatching eggs imported into Ohio shall meet one of the following movement requirements:(1) Be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection;(2) Move from a national poultry improvement plan flock with a USDA national poultry improvement plan, VS…

19.03 PDF: (A) No non-domestic animal shall be imported into the state of Ohio unless the animal is:(1) Accompanied by a permit issued prior to entry and a certificate of veterinary inspection issued within thirty days prior to entry and is identified with official individual ide…

19.03 PDF: (A) No person shall import into Ohio fish, viable eggs, or sperm of the family salmonidae or salmonidae hybrids unless, all of the following requirements are met:(1) The shipment is accompanied by a permit issued by the chief of the division of animal health or the chi…

19.03 PDF: (A) Testing and inspection done at a facility for issuance of a fish health inspection report shall be done in the following manner:(1) All lots at a facility shall be inspected and tested using either a polymerase chain reaction test, cell culture test, or another met…

19.03 PDF: Llamas or alpacas imported into Ohio shall:(A) Be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection issued within thirty days prior to entry and(B) Be identified with official individual identification, which is defined as the following:(1) An ear tattoo which has …

19.03 PDF: (A) Animals when moved within or imported into Ohio solely for exhibition purposes shall comply with the requirements of this chapter.(B) Animals imported into Ohio for any purpose in addition to exhibition purposes shall meet all movement and import requirements of Ch…