12:68:28:01.  Definitions. As used in this chapter:

    (1)  "Flock" means all sheep and goats on a premises or multiple premises with movement or exposure of sheep and goats between premises;

    (2)  "Scrapie" means a nonfebrile, transmissible, insidious degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep or goats;

    (3)  "Scrapie eradication program" means the cooperative state-federal program administered by United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and consistent states, to control and eradicate scrapie, as defined in 9 C.F.R. Part 79 (January 1, 2021);

    Source: 31 SDR 191, effective June 6, 2005; 34 SDR 100, effective October 22, 2007; 37 SDR 47, effective September 20, 2010; 39 SDR 32, effective September 3, 2012; 48 SDR 39, effective October 4, 2021.

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

    Law Implemented: SDCL 40-3-9, 40-3-14, 40-5-8, 40-5-8.2, 40-5-8.6.

    Reference: Scrapie Program Standards Volume 1: National Scrapie Eradication Program APHIS 91-55-079 Effective April 25, 2019. Copies may be obtained at no charge from the South Dakota Animal Industry Board, 411 South Fort Street, Pierre, South Dakota 57501.