Pt. 161 



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disease control and eradication pro- 

 grams of a State. 



Veterinarian-in-Charge. The veteri- 

 nary official of APHIS who is assigned 

 by the Administrator to supervise and 

 perform the official work of APHIS in 

 a State or group of States. 



[57 FR 54912, Nov. 23, 1992, as amended at 59 

 FR 40797, Aug. 10, 1994; 60 FR 39842, Aug. 4, 

 1995; 62 FR 25445. May 9, 1997] 



PART 161— REQUIREMENTS AND 

 STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITED 

 VETERINARIANS AND SUSPEN- 

 SION OR REVOCATION OF SUCH 

 ACCREDITATION 



Sec. 



161.1 Statement of purpose; performance of 

 accredited duties in different States. 



161.2 Requirements and application proce- 

 dures for accreditation. 



161.3 Standards for accredited veterinarian 

 duties. 



161.4 Suspension or revocation of veterinary 

 accreditation; criminal and civil pen- 

 alties. 



AUTHORnr: 15 U.S.C. 1828; 21 U.S.C. 105, 

 111-114, 114a, 114a-l, 115, 116, 120, 121. 125, 134b, 

 134f, 612, and 613; 7 CFR 2.22. 2.80. and 371.4. 

 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4. 



Source: 57 FR 54912, Nov. 23, 1992, unless 

 otherwise noted. 



§ 161.1 Statement of purpose; perform- 

 ance of accredited duties in dif- 

 ferent States. 



(a) This subchapter concerns a pro- 

 gram administered by APHIS to ac- 

 credit veterinarians and thereby au- 

 thorize them to perform, on behalf of 

 APHIS, certain activities specified in 

 this chapter. This program is intended 

 to ensure that an adequate number of 

 qualified veterinarians are available in 

 the United States to perform such ac- 

 tivities. 



(b) If an accredited veterinarian 

 wishes to perform accredited duties in 

 a State other than the State for which 

 the veterinarian has completed an ori- 

 entation in accordance with 

 § 161.2(a)(4), the accredited veterinarian 

 shall so inform the Veterinarian-in- 

 Charge of the new State. The Veteri- 

 narian-in-Charge of the new State may 

 require the accredited veterinarian to 

 complete, prior to performing any ac- 

 credited duties in the new State, an 



orientation in animal health proce- 

 dures and issues relevant to the new 

 State. The Veterinarian-in-Charge 

 shall review the content of each such 

 orientation and shall approve its use 

 after determining that it includes ade- 

 quate information about animal health 

 agencies, regulatory requirements, ad- 

 ministrative procedures, and animal 

 disease problems in the new State, to 

 prepare an accredited veterinarian 

 from another State to perform accred- 

 ited duties in the new State. The Vet- 

 erinarian-in-Charge shall also give the 

 State Animal Health Official of the 

 new State an opportunity to review the 

 contents of the orientation, and invite 

 him or her to participate in developing 

 orientation materials and conducting 

 the orientation. 



(c) An accredited veterinarian may 

 not perform accredited duties in a 

 State in which the accredited veteri- 

 narian is not licensed or legally able to 

 practice veterinary medicine. 



§ 161.2 Requirements and application 

 procedures for accreditation. 



(a) Initial accreditation. A veteri- 

 narian may apply for accreditation by 

 completing an application for accredi- 

 tation on Form 1-36A, "Application for 

 Veterinary Accreditation," including 

 certification that the applicant is able 

 to perform the tasks listed in para- 

 graph (d) of this section, and submit- 

 ting it to the Veterinarlan-in-Charge in 

 the State where he or she wishes to 

 perform accredited duties. 



(1) Completed Forms 1-36A received 

 by a Veterinarian-in-Charge shall be 

 reviewed by the State Animal Health 

 Official for the State in which the vet- 

 erinarian wishes to perform accredited 

 duties. Within 14 days after receiving 

 an application, a State Animal Health 

 Official shall either endorse the appli- 

 cation or send a written statement to 

 the Administrator explaining why it 

 was not endorsed; but if the State Ani- 

 mal Health Official fails to take one of 

 these actions within 14 days, the Vet- 

 erinarian-in-Charge shall proceed to re- 

 view the application. The Adminis- 

 trator will review the application and 

 the written statement, if any, and de- 

 termine whether the applicant meets 

 the requirements for accreditation con- 

 tained in this part. 



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