(a) Each premise within a tick eradication quarantine area,
temporary preventative quarantine area, or control purpose quarantine area
will be classified by the commission as an infested, exposed, adjacent, or
check premise. The commission will immediately redesignate a premise when
a change in circumstances warrants reclassification. The boundaries of each
premise will be determined according to inspection and treatment needs for
known or suspected infestation of ticks. A premise which has received untreated
livestock from a premise later found to be tick infested, and the length of
such infestation is unknown, may be classified as control purpose instead
of exposed if livestock on the premise are found to be tick free, the owner
agrees in writing to present the animals for inspection when required by the
Commission, and such classification does not present a threat of the spread
of ticks to the surrounding premise(s).
(b) The commission will notify all livestock owners within
an area, except the free area, as to the type premise on which their livestock
are located. All changes in designation of premises will be in writing with
the reason for change given.
(c) A premise that would normally be classified as adjacent
may be exempted from adjacent premise requirements by a State or Federal epidemiologist
if the premise is separated from the exposed or infested premise by double
fencing, sufficient to prevent the spread of ticks, with one of the fences
being game-proof.
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