[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27008]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
9 CFR Part 161
[Docket No. 94-027-3]
Standards for Accredited Veterinarian Duties
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: We are making a technical amendment to correct an omission in
the regulations regarding standards for accredited veterinarians.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. J.A. Heamon, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD, 20737-1231; (301) 734-6954.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with 9 CFR parts 160, 161, and 162 (referred to below
as the regulations), some veterinarians are accredited by the Federal
Government to cooperate with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) in controlling and preventing the spread of animal
diseases throughout the country and internationally. Accredited
veterinarians use their professional training in veterinary medicine to
perform certain regulatory tasks.
As part of a final rule published in the Federal Register on August
4, 1995 (60 FR 39840-39842, Docket No. 94-027-2), and effective
September 5, 1995, we revised the regulations in Sec. 161.3(a) to allow
accredited veterinarians to issue official animal health documents for
up to 30 days after inspecting animals in herds or flocks under regular
health maintenance programs and for up to 10 days after inspecting all
other animals. When we revised that paragraph, we inadvertently failed
to retain the provisions of the original paragraph that specified the
conditions under which the subject animal must be inspected. It was
never our intention to remove or modify those conditions, and no
changes to those conditions were discussed in the final rule or in the
proposed rule that preceded it (60 FR 13084-13086, Docket No. 94-027-1,
published March 10, 1995). We are, therefore, amending the introductory
text of Sec. 161.3(a) to restore those provisions regarding the
location and manner in which animals must be inspected.
List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 161
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Veterinarians.
Accordingly, 9 CFR part 161 is amended as follows:
PART 161--REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITED VETERINARIANS
AND SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF SUCH ACCREDITATION
1. The authority citation for part 161 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1828; 21 U.S.C. 105, 111-114, 114a, 114a-1,
115, 116, 120, 121, 125, 134b, 134f, 612, and 613; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51,
and 371.2(d).
2. In Sec. 161.3, at the end of the introductory text of paragraph
(a), two new sentences are added after the first sentence to read as
follows:
Sec. 161.3 Standards for accredited veterinarian duties.
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(a) * * * Inspections under this paragraph must be conducted in a
location that allows the accredited veterinarian sufficient space to
observe the animal in such a manner as to detect abnormalities related
to areas such as, but not limited to, locomotion, body excretion,
respiration, and skin conditions. An accredited veterinarian shall
examine each animal showing abnormalities, in order to determine
whether or not there is clinical evidence compatible with the presence
or absence of a communicable disease.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of October 1995.
Lonnie J. King,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-27008 Filed 10-31-95; 8:45 am]
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