§161.3 



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(iii) The professional integrity and 

 reputation of the applicant support a 

 conclusion that the applicant will 

 faithfully fulfill the duties of an ac- 

 credited veterinarian in the future. In 

 making this conclusion, the Adminis- 

 trator shall review all available infor- 

 mation about the applicant, including 

 recommendations of the State Animal 

 Health Official, and shall consider: 



(A) Criminal conviction records ad- 

 versely reflecting on the honesty or in- 

 tegrity of the applicant with regard to 

 the performance or nonperformance of 

 veterinary medical duties; 



(B) Official records of the applicant's 

 actions participating in Federal, State, 

 or local veterinary programs; 



(C) Judicial determinations in civil 

 litigation adversely reflecting on the 

 integrity of the applicant; and 



(D) Any other evidence reflecting on 

 the professional integrity and reputa- 

 tion of the applicant. 



(c) Reinstatement after suspension. A 

 veterinarian whose accreditation has 

 been suspended for less than 6 months 

 (other than a summary suspension that 

 is changed to a revocation as a result 

 of an adjudicatory proceeding) will be 

 automatically reinstated as an accred- 

 ited veterinarian upon completion of 

 the suspension. A veterinarian whose 

 accreditation has been suspended for 6 

 months or more must complete a re- 

 accreditation orientation program in 

 accordance with paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of 

 this section before accreditation will 

 be reinstated. 



(d) Tasks which applicants for accred- 

 ited status must be able to perform. Appli- 

 cants for accredited status must be 

 able to: 



(1) Perform physical examinations of 

 individual animals, and visually in- 

 spect herds or flocks, to determine 

 whether the animals are free from any 

 clinical signs suggestive of commu- 

 nicable disease; 



(2) Recognize the common breeds of 

 livestock so as to be able to record 

 breed information on official docu- 

 ments; 



(3) Recognize brucellosis tattoos and 

 calfhood vaccination tags, and deter- 

 mine the state of origin of eartags, to 

 properly identify animals in interstate 

 commerce; 



(4) Estimate the age of livestock 

 using a dental formula; 



(5) Apply an eartag, tattoo, backtag, 

 and legband; 



(6) Certify the disease status of a 

 poultry flock with regard to disease 

 caused by Salmonella eriteritidis, 

 chlamydiosis and exotic Newcastle dis- 

 ease, by evaluating records of the 

 flock's participation in and testing by 

 Federal and State poultry health pro- 

 grams; 



(7) Properly complete certificates for 

 domestic and international movement 

 of animals; 



(8) Apply and remove official seals; 



(9) Perform a necropsy on livestock; 



(10) Recognize clinical signs and le- 

 sions of exotic animal diseases; 



(11) Plan a disease control strategy 

 for a livestock unit; 



(12) Vaccinate for brucellosis and fill 

 out the vaccination certificate; 



(13) Draw and ship blood for testing; 



(14) Perform a caudal fold test for tu- 

 berculosis; 



(15) Develop appropriate cleaning and 

 disinfection plans to control commu- 

 nicable livestock disease spread; and 



(16) Explain basic principles for con- 

 trol of diseases for which APHIS or 

 APHIS-State cooperative programs 

 exist, such as brucellosis, pseudorabies, 

 and tuberculosis. 



(Approved by the Office of Management and 

 Budget under control number 0579-0032) 



[57 FR 54912. Nov. 23. 1992, as amended at 61 

 FR 56891. Nov. 5. 1996] 



§ 161.3 Standards for accredited vet- 

 erinarian duties. 



An accredited veterinarian shall per- 

 form the functions of an accredited 

 veterinarian only in a State in which 

 the accredited veterinarian is licensed 

 or legally able to practice veterinary 

 medicine. An accredited veterinarian 

 shall perform the functions of an ac- 

 credited veterinarian and carry out all 

 responsibilities under applicable Fed- 

 eral programs and cooperative pro- 

 grams subject to direction provided by 

 the Veterinarian-in-Charge and in ac- 

 cordance with any regulations and in- 

 structions issued to the accredited vet- 

 erinarian by the Veterinarian-in- 

 Charge. and shall observe the following 

 specific standards: 



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