[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR77.22]

[Page 259]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 77_TUBERCULOSIS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart C_Captive Cervids
 
Sec. 77.22  Accredited-free States or zones.

    (a) The following are accredited-free States: None.
    (b) The following are accredited-free zones: None.
    (c) If an affected herd is detected in a State or zone classified as 
accredited-free, and the herd is depopulated and a complete 
epidemiologic investigation is completed within 120 days of the 
detection of the affected herd with no evidence of the spread of 
tuberculosis, the State or zone may retain its accredited-free status. 
If two or more affected herds are detected in an accredited-free State 
or zone within a 48-month period, the State or zone will be removed from 
the list of accredited-free States or zones and will be reclassified as 
modified accredited advanced.
    (d) If any livestock other than captive cervids are included in a 
newly assembled herd on a premises where a tuberculous herd has been 
depopulated, the State or zone must apply the herd test requirements 
contained in the ``Uniform Methods and Rules--Bovine Tuberculosis 
Eradication'' (January 22, 1999 edition), which is incorporated by 
reference at Sec. 77.1, to those other livestock in the same manner as 
to captive cervids. Failure to do so will result in reclassification of 
the State or zone as modified accredited advanced.
    (e) If tuberculosis is diagnosed within an accredited-free State or 
zone in an animal not specifically regulated by this part and a risk 
assessment conducted by APHIS determines that the outbreak poses a 
tuberculosis risk to livestock within the State or zone, the State or 
zone must implement a tuberculosis management plan, approved jointly by 
the State animal health official and the Administrator, within 6 months 
of the diagnosis. The management plan must include provisions for 
immediate investigation of tuberculosis in animals held for exhibition 
and in livestock and wildlife; the prevention of the spread of the 
disease to other animals held for exhibition and to livestock and 
wildlife; increased surveillance for tuberculosis in animals held for 
exhibition and wildlife; eradication of tuberculosis from individual 
herds; a timeline for tuberculosis eradication; and performance 
standards by which to measure yearly progress toward eradication. If a 
State or zone does not implement such a plan within the required 6 
months, the State or zone will lose its accredited-free status and will 
be reclassified as modified accredited advanced.
    (f) Accredited-free State or zone status must be renewed annually. 
To qualify for renewal of accredited-free State or zone status, a State 
must submit an annual report to APHIS certifying that the State or zone 
within the State complies with the provisions of the ``Uniform Methods 
and Rules--Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication.'' The report must be 
submitted to APHIS each year between October 1 and November 30.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0146)