Iowa Admin. Code r. 21-67.6 - Purchase, sale, trade and adoption

(1) Records shall be made and retained for a period of 12 months for any change of ownership of a dog, cat or nonhuman primate, including but not limited to any sale, exchange, transfer, trade, or adoption from any commercial establishment. Records shall be similarly kept on other small vertebrate animals, excluding tropical or ornamental fish, sold or transferred, except that individual identifications shall not be required. Records shall include the following:

a. Date of change of ownership;

b. Identification of animal;

c. Names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses, if available, of seller and purchaser or transferor and recipient;

d. State of Iowa animal welfare license number of the seller or transferor;

e. Source of the animal;

f. Date animal entered the care of and left the care of the commercial establishment;

g. Method and date of euthanasia, if applicable;

h. Transfer of animal within or between commercial establishments;

i. List of prophylactic immunization(s) given, including date(s) administered (if applicable);

j. List of internal parasite medication(s) given and date(s) administered (if applicable); and

k. Description of other medical care provided to the animal, including type of medical care received and date(s) of medical care.

(2) All commercial establishments shall furnish a statement of sale, exchange, transfer, trade, or adoption to each purchaser or recipient of a dog, cat, nonhuman primate, bird, or other vertebrate animal, excluding tropical or ornamental fish. This statement shall include the following:

a. Names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses, if available, of the seller or transferor and the purchaser or recipient;

b. State of Iowa animal welfare license number of the seller or transferor;

c. Date of sale, transfer, trade, adoption, exchange or any other change of ownership;

d. Description or identification of vertebrate sold;

e. List of prophylactic immunization(s) given, including date(s) administered (if applicable);

f. List of internal parasite medication(s) given and date(s) administered (if applicable); and

g. Description of other medical care provided to the animal, including type of medical care received and date(s) of medical care.

(3) All vertebrate animals regulated under Iowa Code chapter 162 which are known to be exposed to or show symptoms of having infectious and contagious diseases or which show symptoms of parasitism or malnutrition sufficient to adversely affect the health of the animals are restricted from sale or transfer. The secretary of agriculture may order quarantine on premises or housing facilities in which any of the conditions listed in this subrule exist. Quarantine shall be removed when at the discretion of the secretary or the secretary's designee, the disease conditions for which quarantined are no longer evident and the apparent health of the animals indicates absence of contagion.

(4) For the purposes of determining an individual's obligation to be licensed under Iowa Code section 162.8, "breeding animal" includes any sexually intact animal over the age of 12 months.

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Iowa Admin. Code r. 21-67.6

Amended by IAB December 4, 2019/Volume XLII, Number 12, effective 1/8/2020 Amended by IAB February 23, 2022/Volume XLIV, Number 17, effective 3/30/2022