On November 6, 2000, the Pharmacy Examining Board submitted a proposed rule to the Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse.
Analysis
Statutory authority: ss. 15.08 (5) (b), 227.11 (2), 450.02 (2g) (a) and (3) (e), 450.03 (2) and 450.04 (1).
The proposed rule-making order relates to consultation programs and licensure requirements.
Agency Procedure for Promulgation
A public hearing is required and will be held on December 12, 2000.
Contact Information
If you have questions, please contact:
Pamela Haack
Telephone: (608) 266-0495
Mailing address:
Office of Administrative Rules
Dept. of Regulation and Licensing
P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708
Pharmacy Examining Board
Rule Submittal Date
On November 6, 2000, the Pharmacy Examining Board submitted a proposed rule to the Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse.
Analysis
Statutory authority: ss. 15.08 (5) (b), 227.11 (2) and 450.02 (3) (a) and (e).
The proposed rule-making order relates to supervising pharmacy interns.
Agency Procedure for Promulgation
A public hearing is required and will be held on December 12, 2000.
Contact Information
If you have questions, please contact:
Pamela Haack
Telephone: (608) 266-0495
Mailing address:
Office of Administrative Rules
Dept. of Regulation and Licensing
P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708
Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Examining Board
Rule Submittal Date
On November 6, 2000, the Examining Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors submitted a proposed rule to the Legislative Council Rules Clearinghouse.
Analysis
Statutory authority: ss. 15.08 (5) (b), 227.11 (2) and 457.03 (3)
The proposed rule-making order relates to the state jurisprudence examination.
Agency Procedure for Promulgation
A public hearing is required and will be held on January 11, 2001.
Contact Information
If you have questions, please contact:
Pamela Haack
Telephone: (608) 266-0495
Mailing address:
Office of Administrative Rules
Dept. of Regulation and Licensing
P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708
N o t i c e s
Notice of Hearings
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
(Reprinted from mid-November Wis. Adm. Register)
The State of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announces that it will hold public hearings on proposed rules relating to importing bovine animals, goats or cervids from a state designated by USDA as a tuberculosis “non-modified accredited" states. The hearings will be held at the times and places shown below. The public is invited to attend the hearings and make comments on the proposed rules. Following the public hearings, the hearing record will remain open until December 8, 2000, for additional written comments.
A copy of this rule may be obtained free of charge, from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Division of Animal Health, 2811 Agriculture Drive, P.O. Box 8911, Madison WI 53708, or by calling (608) 224-4883. Copies will also be available at the hearings.
An interpreter for the hearing impaired will be available on request for these hearings. Please make reservations for a hearing interpreter by Friday, November 17, 2000, by writing to Lynn Miller, Division of Animal Health, P.O. Box 8911, Madison WI. 53708-8911, telephone (608) 224-4883. Alternatively, you may contact the Department TDD at (608) 224-5058. Handicap access is available at the hearings.
Two hearings are scheduled:
Tuesday, November 28, 2000, 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm
Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Board Room
2811 Agriculture Drive
Madison, WI 53704
Handicapped accessible
Thursday, November 30, 2000, 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm
Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Conference Room
3610 Oakwood Hills Parkway
Eau Claire, WI 54701-7754
Handicapped accessible
Analysis prepared by the Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Statutory Authority: s. 93.07 (1)
Statute Interpreted: ss. 93.07 (10), 95.20 and 95.25
In order to protect animals and the public from bovine tuberculosis, this rule restricts the importation of animals from states that the United States department of agriculture (USDA) has classified as tuberculosis “non-modified accredited".
Background
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). It is generally described as a chronic debilitating disease of cattle but it may have an acute, rapidly progressive course. It can cause disease in most warm-blooded vertebrates, including humans. If TB becomes established in Wisconsin, it will pose a significant threat to the health of domestic animals and humans in the state.
The Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection (department) administers a TB eradication program in cooperation with USDA. After several decades of intense effort, the disease was nearly eradicated in the United States. But recently, the USDA reclassified Michigan from “accredited-free" to “non-modified accredited" because TB was confirmed in several cattle herds and in several native white-tailed deer.
TB is easily transmitted. Wisconsin imports a substantial number of animals from Michigan, and the last known incident of TB in a bovine animal in Wisconsin involved an animal that was imported from Michigan. For these reasons, the department proposes to regulate the import of animals that originate from “non-modified accredited" states.
Pre-Import Requirements
Under this rule, bovine animals, goats and cervids imported to Wisconsin from a tuberculosis “non-modified accredited" state must be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection. The importer must obtain an import permit from the department.
The veterinarian who completes the certificate of veterinary inspection must certify that the animal originates from a herd in which a whole herd TB test has been completed within the last 12 months. The veterinarian must certify that the whole herd test included every animal over 6 months of age in the herd, and that all test results were negative.
An imported animal must be individually tested for tuberculosis within 60 days (90 days for a cervid) prior to the import date, unless the animal is less than 6 month old on the import date. The test may be performed as part of a whole herd test if the whole herd test is performed within 60 days (90 days for a cervid) prior to the import date.
Post-Import Testing
An animal imported to Wisconsin from a tuberculosis non-modified accredited state must be tested for tuberculosis not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days after it is imported. This testing requirement does not apply to feeder cattle that are confined to the receiving premises until they are shipped to slaughter. (The feeder cattle, when shipped to slaughter, must be accompanied by USDA form VS1-27.)
Post-Import Confinement
Animals imported to Wisconsin from a tuberculosis non-modified accredited state may not be commingled with any other animals in this state, or removed from the premises at which they are first received in this state, until they test negative for tuberculosis or are shipped to slaughter.
Exception
This rule does not apply to animals that are imported directly to a slaughtering establishment for slaughter.
Fiscal Estimate
The Department anticipates costs to the Department of approximately $2000 as a result of this rule. The Department can accommodate these costs in its current budget. The Department does not anticipate any additional costs to counties or other local governments.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule will affect small businesses that import bovine animals, goats or cervids into this state. It requires the operator of those businesses to either refrain from importing bovine animals, goats or cervids from states the United States department of agriculture has designated as tuberculosis non-modified accredited states, or to comply with the standards this rule establishes to assure that the animals that are imported are not infected with bovine tuberculosis.
At the present time, the USDA has only designated one state, Michigan, as non-modified accredited. If the small business operator imports bovine animals, goats or cervids from Michigan, the operator will need to assure that the animal originates from a herd which has tested negative for tuberculosis within the past 12 months and that the animal has tested negative within the past 60 days (90 days for cervids). This places a burden on the business operator but it does not completely prohibit import of animals from Michigan. The burden of assuring that the animals have been properly tested is minimal compared to the burden that would be experienced by Wisconsin's animal agriculture industry if bovine tuberculosis is introduced to Wisconsin by an animal imported from a non-modified accredited state.
