Haw. Code R. § 4-29-10 - Exemption from quarantine

(a) The following areas are designated as exempt for the purposes of this section: the British Isles, Guam, Australia, and New Zealand. In order to qualify for or retain exempt status, an area shall:

(1) Remain free of terrestrial rabies; and

(2) Maintain stringent entry and quarantine requirements to prevent the introduction of rabies that are equal to or more stringent than those of the State.

(b) An exempt area shall be removed from the list by the board if it is shown that the area has not remained free of terrestrial rabies or has not maintained the entry and quarantine requirements pursuant to subsection (a)(1) and (2).

(c) All dogs, cats, and other carnivores originating from the countries and United States territories listed in subsection (a) shall be exempt from quarantine upon arrival, provided:

(1) The animals are transported in the same aircraft from port of origin to the Honolulu International Airport or a port approved by the department on a neighbor island, or none of the animals consigned to Hawaii or ports beyond Hawaii are off-loaded en route to Hawaii from the country or United States territory of origin, except that off-loading may be permitted to transfer the animal to another aircraft under the following conditions only:

(A) The off-loading, transfer, and placement on the next aircraft must be directly supervised by the officer in charge of either aircraft;

(B) The officer in charge shall certify in writing that the animal in transit did not come into physical contact with any other animal;

(C) The officer in charge shall be identified on the certification by name, position, title, airline name, business address, and phone number; and

(D) The certification shall state the exact date, time, aircraft, and flight number for both the arriving and departing aircraft;

(2) The animals destined for Hawaii are accompanied by the following documents:

(A) A health certificate, issued by a veterinarian holding a current appointment as an officer of the government of the country or United States territory of origin certifying that each animal described was examined and found free of external parasites and symptoms of transmissible disease not more than fourteen days before shipment;

(B) An affidavit executed by the owner or consignor of the animal certifying that the animal was not outside the country or United States territory of origin during the six-month period immediately preceding the date of shipment except that animals may travel to exempt areas listed in this section or to Hawaii during this six-month period. The affidavit shall include the name of the airline, flight number, and scheduled date of departure of the aircraft aboard which the animal is to be transported to Hawaii; and

(C) An affidavit executed by the captain of the aircraft or the senior station official of the airlines based in Hawaii attesting that the animal transported to Hawaii from the exempt area was:

(i) Transported from the country of origin in one aircraft, except as provided in this paragraph; and

(ii) Not off-loaded at any intermediate point for any purpose except as provided by this paragraph;

(3) The animals are shipped in containers that are sealed by an official government numeric or alphanumeric seal in such a manner that removal of the animals will break the seal;

(4) All animals on the vessel shall be inspected by the station veterinarian or inspector at the time of arrival and shall be subject to treatment for external parasites as provided in section 4-29-9. Any indication of a transmissible disease in any of the animals in the shipment at the time of inspection shall be sufficient reason to quarantine all of the animals at the quarantine station; and

(5) All dogs, cats, and other carnivores transported into the State by military aircraft shall be governed by this section. Failure to comply with this section, shall subject the animal in question to quarantine for a period not exceeding one hundred twenty days.

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Haw. Code R. § 4-29-10

[Eff 03/18/93; am and comp 05/23/97; comp 07/10/00; am and comp 06/30/03; comp 02/12/04; comp 10/31/05; am and comp SEP 28 2009] (Auth: HRS § 142-2) (Imp: HRS § 142-2) Am and comp 2/12/2016 Am and Comp 8/31/2018