166A.1 Definitions.

1. "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian who is licensed by the state in which the veterinarian practices, is approved by the department of agriculture and land stewardship or the livestock sanitary authority of that state, and is accredited by the United States department of agriculture.

2. "Approved stockyard or livestock market" means any place where sheep are assembled for public auction, private sale, or on a commission basis which is under state or federal supervision.

3. "Area" means one or more counties or portions thereof.

4. "Certified scabies-free area" means an area in which all sheep have been inspected by a representative of the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship or of the animal disease eradication division of the United States department of agriculture and are found to be free of any evidence of scabies and such fact is certified to by both agencies.

5. "Dealer" means any person who is engaged in the business of buying for resale, selling, or exchanging sheep as a principal or agent or who claims to be so engaged but does not include employees of a dealer doing business in the name of such dealer or the owner or operator of a farm who exchanges only sheep which have been kept by that person solely for feeding or breeding purposes and does not claim to be so engaged, or as a livestock auction market acting strictly on a consignment basis.

6. "Division" means the animal disease eradication division of the agricultural research service of the United States department of agriculture.

7. "Infected animal" means an animal of the ovine species which shows clinical evidence of scabies or in which the presence of the scabies mite is demonstrated.

8. "Official health certificate" means a legal record covering the requirement of the state of Iowa and approved by the proper livestock sanitary official of the state of origin and issued by an accredited veterinarian.

9. "Scabies" means a communicable skin disease caused by infestation with mites of the species psoroptes, sarcoptes, chorioptes or psorergates.

166A.10 Restraint of movement.

Sheep from noncertified scabies-free areas within Iowa shall not enter certified scabies-free areas unless they have been dipped in an approved dip under supervision within ten days preceding movement and satisfactory evidence of dipping accompanies the shipment, except such sheep may move into certified scabies-free areas if consigned directly to a stockyard market, auction market or slaughter establishment, under federal inspection, provided the sheep are accompanied by a certificate stating number, description, consignor and consignee.

166A.11 Sheep entering state.

All sheep entering the state for breeding or feeding purposes shall be accompanied by a permit and by a health certificate stating the sheep are from a certified scabies-free area or if not from a certified scabies-free area that they have been dipped in an approved dip within ten days prior to movement. All livestock markets, dealers and individuals shall retain all incoming waybills, permits and health certificates for a period of one year, same to be made available upon demand by the department.

166A.12 Shearers' reports.

All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep shall immediately report any suspicion of or evidence of scabies to the department.

166A.13 Rules.

The department is empowered to make and promulgate rules necessary for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

166A.14 Penalty.

Any person, firm or partnership or corporation violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

166A.2 Sheep dealer's license.

Any person engaged as a dealer shall be required to obtain a license from the department. The fee for such license shall be five dollars per year and all licenses shall expire on the first day of July following date of issue. Licenses shall be numbered and the dealer shall retain the number from year to year.

Applications for licenses shall be made upon blanks furnished by the department.

For good and sufficient grounds the department may refuse to grant a license to any applicant, and it may also revoke a license to any applicant for a violation of any provision of this chapter, or for the refusal or failure of any licensee to obey the lawful directions of the department.

Any person who is licensed as a sheep dealer under chapter 172A shall be exempt from this section.

166A.3 Injunction.

Any person engaging in, or claiming to be in, the business of a dealer without obtaining a license may be restrained by injunction, and shall pay all costs made necessary by such procedure.

166A.4 Dipping.

All breeding and feeding sheep offered for sale or exchange or otherwise moved or released from any premises, vehicle or conveyance, shall, within ten days prior to exchange, release, or movement, be dipped in an approved dip under the supervision of the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship or of the animal disease eradication division of the United States department of agriculture; provided, that when sheep are moved within or from a certified scabies-free area in the state accompanied by an official health certificate, dipping shall not be required prior to such movement; and provided further, that sheep may be moved from premises to an approved facility for the purpose of dipping under such conditions as may be required by the rules of the department, and also sheep moved to a livestock auction market need not be dipped until after sale, nor if consigned directly for slaughter.

166A.5 Certificate.

All sheep so dipped shall be accompanied by a certificate showing that the sheep were dipped under supervision.

166A.6 Records kept.

Market operators and dealers in sheep shall use satisfactory dipping facilities approved by the department and shall maintain records which show the true origin of the sheep including name and address of the seller or consignor, number, date of receipt, date of dipping, and including all certificates, permits, waybills, bills of lading for each consignment of sheep consigned to and leaving the market or dealer's premises. All records shall be retained for a period of one year and made available upon demand by a representative of the department.

166A.7 Slaughter without dipping.

Animals may be sold for slaughter without dipping. Sheep when inspected at the market or dealer's premises and found free of scabies or no known exposure thereto, may be sold for slaughter purposes without dipping if consigned directly and immediately on a slaughter affidavit to a slaughtering establishment operating under federal, state or municipal meat inspection service. Such sheep shall be identified with the letter "K" in red branding paint at least four inches high on their back except those consigned to such slaughtering establishment by the original owner.

166A.8 Quarantine of infected sheep.

Sheep found to be infected with or exposed to scabies shall be immediately dipped, as directed by and under the supervision of the department, at owner's expense. Such sheep shall remain under quarantine until released by the department, except that sheep infected with or exposed to scabies may be moved, without dipping, directly to a slaughter establishment under federal inspection, under permit from the department. No sheep shall be moved into or within the state of Iowa for any purpose except as provided in this chapter and the regulations of the department, provided sheep may be moved without dipping between properties owned or rented by the owner of said sheep, if not moved from a noncertified scabies-free area to a certified scabies-free area.

Any person may sell or exchange sheep on the farm between November 1 and April 1 without dipping if accompanied by a certificate from a licensed veterinarian that they are free from scabies issued within ten days prior to such sale or exchange until such time as the county is declared a scabies-free area.

166A.9 Scabies-free areas.

When all flocks of sheep within a county have been inspected by a representative of the department and are found to be free of scabies, the department may certify the county as a "scabies-free area."