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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 2. Agriculture |
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Agency 5. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
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Chapter 141. Health Requirements Governing the Admission of Agricultural Animals, Companionanimals, and Other Animals or Birds into Virginia |
Section 130. Primate entry requirements
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A. All primates imported into Virginia require a certificate of veterinary inspection issued within 10 days prior to entry.
B. All primates imported into Virginia must be microchipped, and such microchip number must be noted on the certificate of veterinary inspection.
C. The certificate of veterinary inspection shall include a statement attesting to the fact that the veterinarian has carefully examined the oral mucosa of the primate and has found no evidence of disease lesions or inflammatory processes.
D. Tuberculosis testing requirements.
1. Primates imported into Virginia shall have a negative tuberculosis test performed by a state, federal, tribal, or accredited veterinarian within 30 days prior to entry. If using a tuberculosis test other than the intradermal test, it is permissible for test results to be recorded on the certificate of veterinary inspection as pending, as long as the results are reported to the State Veterinarian within three business days of entry and the animals are isolated upon arrival until the test results are reported.
2. Primates that have been associated with a colony where there have been other primates showing response to the tuberculin test shall not be eligible for entry into Virginia until all primates in the colony shall have passed two consecutive tuberculosis tests not less than 30 days apart.
E. Exceptions.
1. This chapter shall not apply to primates that are passing directly through Virginia to another state in interstate commerce.
2. This chapter shall not apply to primates that are kept properly under control by their owner or custodian when passing through Virginia to another state.
3. This chapter shall not apply to primates brought into Virginia by a resident or by a resident of another state who intends to make his residence in Virginia, except if brought into Virginia with the intent of offering it for public adoption, transfer, sale, trade, or promotional incentive.
4. This chapter shall not apply to primates brought into Virginia for less than 10 days for the purpose of legal exhibition with no change of ownership.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 28, Issue 08, eff. January 18, 2012; amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 03, eff. November 19, 2015.