(1) Any veterinary laboratory or person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the state of Washington shall immediately report to the office of the state veterinarian the existence or suspected existence among any animals within the state of any reportable or notifiable diseases as published by the OIE (effective January 23, 2006) or in this chapter.
(2) Case definitions shall conform to OIE standards under the
Terrestrial Animal Health Code (15th Edition, 2006) and the
OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, 5th Edition, 2004, with updates published online at: http://www.oie.int/eng/publicat/en_standards.htm.
(a) A case means an individual animal affected by one of the diseases listed on the OIE notifiable disease list or a disease listed in this chapter.
(b) The criterion by which "affected" is defined for each disease (for example: Clinical signs, serological evidence, etc.) is found in the
Terrestrial Animal Health Code and
Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals.
(c) The OIE
Terrestrial Animal Health Code can be found on the internet under OIE-Health Standards at: http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/en_mcode.htm. The
Terrestrial Animal Health Code is available in web format; a hard copy version may be ordered from OIE.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 16.36 and 34.05 RCW. 07-10-087, § 16-70-010, filed 5/1/07, effective 6/1/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 16.36.010(1), [16.36.]040 and[16.36.]080 (4). 00-06-064, § 16-70-010, filed 3/1/00, effective 4/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 16.36.096 and 16.36.040. 93-19-127 (Order 5011), § 16-70-010, filed 9/21/93, effective 10/22/93; Order 1005, Regulations 1-3, filed 7/22/66, effective 8/22/66; Order 655, Regulation 1, effective 5/19/53.]