[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: 9CFR54.5]

[Page 174-175]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 54--CONTROL OF SCRAPIE--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart A--Scrapie Indemnification Program
 
Sec. 54.5  Certification by owners.

    Before any indemnity is paid to an owner, the owner must sign a 
written agreement with APHIS, certifying the following:
    (a) The owner will make available for review upon request by a State 
or APHIS representative all bills of sale, pedigree registration 
certificates, and other records regarding movement of animals into and 
from the flock;
    (b) If the owner maintains any flock after the payment of indemnity 
or acquires a new flock that is housed on the same premises within 5 
years after the last high-risk or scrapie-positive animal is removed, 
the owner will

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maintain the flock in accordance with a post-exposure management and 
monitoring plan for 5 years;
    (c) If the animal for which indemnity is paid is subject to any 
mortgage, the owner consents to the payment of the indemnity, up to the 
value of the mortgage, to the person(s) holding the mortgage;
    (d) That the animal may be removed to a U.S. Department of 
Agriculture facility or a quarantined research facility, slaughtered, or 
euthanized and necropsied and tissues removed for diagnostic or other 
purposes.