87-4-417. Records and reporting -- rules. (1) Each game farm licensee shall keep and maintain for 3 years accurate written records of all purchases, transfers, sales, births, and deaths of game farm animals, showing:
     (a) the number of each species of game farm animal purchased by the game farm licensee and from whom purchased;
     (b) the number of each species of game farm animal transferred or sold, the date of transfer or sale, and the name and address of the person to whom the transfer or sale was made; and
     (c) individual identification of each game farm animal that was purchased, transferred, sold, or born or that died. However, a calf or fawn that dies prior to being marked pursuant to 87-4-414(4) need not be identified.
     (2) Unless a different reporting frequency has been established pursuant to subsection (3), within 2 weeks after January 1 and July 1 of each year, the game farm licensee shall file a report with the department, showing the number and species of game farm animals that were on hand as of January 1 and July 1 and the number and species of game farm animals that escaped, that were bought, sold, transferred, recaptured, or born, or that died during the reporting period.
     (3) The department may establish by rule the conditions under which the frequency of reporting requirements may be reduced to one report a year or increased to three reports a year. The department may establish by rule the conditions under which a licensee may submit an abbreviated report. In adopting those rules, the department shall consider the number of animals present on a game farm, the number of reported transactions during previous reporting periods, a history of accurate recordkeeping, and a historical absence of violations.

     History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 570, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 531, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 315, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 503, L. 1995.