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Montana Code Annotated (MCA) Alternative Livestock Rules

Definitions
License Required -- Moratorium -- Penalty -- Seizure of Illegally Possessed Animals
Jurisdiction
License Renewal Fees -- Deposit of Fees
Term Of License -- Renewal -- Transfer Prohibited
Inspection
Alternative Livestock as Private Property -- Source -- Marking -- Fee Shooting Prohibited
Transportation, Sale, And Disposal of Alternative Livestock -- Quarantine
Sale Of Carcass and Meat -- Regenerative Parts Excluded
Records And Reporting -- Rules
Unlawful Capture
Escape From Alternative Livestock Ranch -- Effect
Taxation
Rulemaking
Revocation Of License -- Procedure -- Disposition of Animals
Classification -- Restrictions on Importation of Certain Species
Revocation Of License -- Criteria -- Penalties
Right To Administrative Hearing
Programmatic Environmental Review

 

Montana Alternative Livestock Administrative Rules

Alternative Livestock Regulations

Subchapter 1 Definitions
4.101 DEFINITIONS

Subchapter 2 Identification
4.201 IDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK
4.203 WAIVERS TO IDENTIFICATION

Subchapter 3 Inspection
4.301 INSPECTION OF ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK
4.302 INSPECTION OF ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK AND INTERNAL FACILITIES

Subchapter 4 Testing Requirements
4.401 CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK
4.402 ELK-RED DEER HYBRIDIZATION TESTS
4.403 REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK GAMETES (OVA AND SEMEN) AND EMBRYOS
4.404 REQUIREMENTS FOR ESCAPED, RECAPTURED ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK
4.405 WAIVER OF TESTING REQUIREMENTS
4.406 LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS

Subchapter 5 Restricted or Prohibited Alternative Livestock
4.501 POSSESSION OF RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK
4.502 IMPORTATION OF RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK

Subchapter 6 Shipment
4.601 IMPORTATION OF ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK
4.602 EXPORTATION OF ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK

Subchapter 7 Transportation
4.701 TRANSPORT WITHIN AND INTO MONTANA
4.702 TRANSPORT THROUGH MONTANA

Subchapter 8 Quarantine and Handling
4.801 CATCH PEN AND HANDLING DEVICE
4.802 QUARANTINE FACILITY
4.803 MODIFICATION OF QUARANTINE FACILITIES

Subchapter 9 Conditions and Penalties
4.901 IMPOSITION OF QUARANTINE
4.902 BREAKING OF QUARANTINE

Subchapter 10 Reporting Diseases and Disposal of Carcasses
4.1001 DUTY TO REPORT CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
4.1002 DISPOSAL OF CARCASSES

Subchapter 13 Chronic Wasting Disease
4.1301 DEFINITIONS
4.1302 REQUIREMENTS FOR MANDATORY SURVEILLANCE OF MONTANA ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK FARM CERVIDAE FOR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
4.1303 ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK MONITORED HERD STATUS FOR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
4.1304 CHANGES IN MONITORED HERD STATUS FOLLOWING CERVID ADDITIONS TO AN ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK FARM HERD
4.1309 IMPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR CERVIDS
4.1310 DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES FOR CWD
4.1311 MANAGEMENT OF ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK CERVID HERDS IDENTIFIED AS CWD TRACE HERDS
4.1313 MANAGEMENT OF CWD POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK CERVID HERDS
4.1319 ENHANCEMENT OF TRACE BACK AND OBSERVATION CAPABILITIES
4.1320 REQUIREMENTS FOR CAPTIVE CERVIDAE, OWNED BY OR IN THE POSSESSION OF ZOOS, INDIVIDUALS, OR OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES NOT LICENSED AS ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK FARMS

 

Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP) Administrative Rules for Game Farms

6.1520 DEFINITIONS
6.1307 DISPOSING OF WILDLIFE STOCK
6.1521 ADDITION AND DELETION OF SPECIES AS GAME FARM ANIMALS
6.1522 LICENSE APPLICATION AND DEPARTMENT APPROVAL
6.1524 LICENSE MODIFICATIONS
6.1525 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS
6.1527 LICENSE RENEWAL
6.1529 LEGAL SOURCES
6.1530 NOTICE OF MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF LEASES
6.1531 MINIMUM FENCE STANDARDS FOR APPLICATIONS FILED AFTER JANUARY 15, 1999, FOR FACILITIES HOLDING CLOVEN-HOOFED UNGULATES
6.1532 MINIMUM FENCE STANDARDS FOR FACILITIES HOLDING CARNIVORES AND OMNIVORES
6.1533 MINIMUM FENCE STANDARDS FOR APPLICATIONS FILED BETWEEN MAY 15, 1992, AND JANUARY 15, 1999, FOR FACILITIES HOLDING CLOVEN-HOOFED UNGULATES
6.1534 MINIMUM FENCE STANDARDS FOR APPLICATIONS FILED AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO MAY 15, 1992, FOR GAME FARMS HOLDING CLOVEN-HOOFED UNGULATES
6.1538 EGRESS AND INGRESS
6.1539 GAME FARM RECORDS AND REPORTS
6.1540 CLASSIFICATION OF PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED SPECIES
6.1541 POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED SPECIES
6.1542 ELK-RED DEER HYBRIDIZATION
6.1543 CONFISCATION PROCEDURES
6.1603 FENCING