[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR2.78]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 2--REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart G--Records
 
Sec. 2.78  Health certification and identification.

    (a) No dealer, exhibitor, operator of an auction sale, broker, or 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or of any 
State or local government shall deliver to any intermediate handler or 
carrier for transportation, in commerce, or shall transport in commerce 
any dog, cat, or nonhuman primate unless the dog, cat, or nonhuman 
primate is accompanied by a health certificate executed and issued by a 
licensed veterinarian. The health certificate shall state that:
    (1) The licensed veterinarian inspected the dog, cat, or nonhuman 
primate on a specified date which shall not be more than 10 days prior 
to the delivery of the dog, cat, or nonhuman primate for transportation; 
and
    (2) when so inspected, the dog, cat, or nonhuman primate appeared to 
the licensed veterinarian to be free of any infectious disease or 
physical abnormality which would endanger the animal(s) or other animals 
or endanger public health.
    (b) The Secretary may provide exceptions to the health certification 
requirement on an individual basis for animals shipped to a research 
facility for purposes of research, testing, or experimentation when the 
research facility requires animals not eligible for certification. 
Requests should be addressed to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, Animal Care, 4700 River Road, Unit 84, Riverdale, Maryland 
20737-1234.
    (c) No intermediate handler or carrier to whom any live dog, cat, or 
nonhuman primate is delivered for transportation by any dealer, research 
facility, exhibitor, broker, operator of an auction sale, or department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States or any State or local 
government shall receive a live dog, cat, or nonhuman primate for 
transportation, in commerce, unless and until it is accompanied by a 
health certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian in accordance with 
paragraph (a) of this section, or an exemption issued by the Secretary 
in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section.
    (d) The U.S. Interstate and International Certificate of Health 
Examination for Small Animals (APHIS Form 7001/VS Form 18-1) may be used 
for health certification by a licensed veterinarian as required by this 
section.

[54 FR 36147, August 31, 1989, as amended at 59 FR 67612, Dec. 30, 1994; 
60 FR 13896, Mar. 15, 1995; 63 FR 62927, Nov. 10, 1998]