§ 459-214. Health certificates for importation
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 3 P.S. AgricultureEffective: January 22, 2024
Effective: January 22, 2024
3 P.S. § 459-214
§ 459-214. Health certificates for importation
(a) Requirements.--It shall be a violation of this act to transport any dog into this Commonwealth except under the provisions in section 2121 without an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection, which certificate, or copy of such, shall accompany the dog while in this Commonwealth. The certificate shall state that the dog is at least eight weeks of age and shows no signs or symptoms of infectious or communicable disease; did not originate within an area under quarantine for rabies; and, as ascertained by reasonable investigation, has not been exposed to rabies within 100 days of importation.
(1) All dogs transported into this Commonwealth must have been vaccinated for rabies in accordance with the act of December 15, 1986 (P.L. 1610, No. 181),2 known as the “Rabies Prevention and Control in Domestic Animals and Wildlife Act.” The name of the vaccine manufacturer, the date of administration, and the rabies tag number must appear on a certificate of vaccination and an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection.
(2) All dogs transported into this Commonwealth and placed in a kennel, except for a boarding kennel, shall have had an initial dose of Distemper, Adeno, Parainfluenza, Parvovirus (DAPP) vaccine as certified by a licensed doctor of veterinary medicine. A dog subject to this paragraph shall be isolated in accordance with an isolation plan under section 207(f.1)3 and shall not be dispensed, moved, sold, offered for sale, given away or transferred for a period of 14 days.
(c) Boarding kennels.--The owner or operator of a boarding kennel shall require the owner of each out-of-state dog for which the boarding kennel is taking control to provide a certificate of vaccination and an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection at the time the dog enters the boarding kennel. The certificate of vaccination and the interstate certificate of veterinary inspection shall be kept on file at the boarding kennel for seven days following the dog's departure from the boarding kennel.
Credits
1982, Dec. 7, P.L. 784, No. 225, art. II, § 214, effective Jan. 1, 1983. Amended 1996, Dec. 11, P.L. 943, No. 151, § 5, effective in 60 days; 2008, Oct. 9, P.L. 1450, No. 119, § 9, effective in 60 days [Dec. 8, 2008]; 2023, Oct. 23, P.L. 114, No. 18, § 4, effective in 90 days [Jan. 22, 2024].
3 P.S. § 459-214, PA ST 3 P.S. § 459-214
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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