§161.4 



9CFRCh. I (1-1-03 Edition) 



animals by tagging or such other meth- 

 od as may be prescribed in instructions 

 Issued to him or her by the Veteri- 

 narian-in-Charge or by a State Animal 

 Health Official through the Veteri- 

 narian-in-Charge. 



(f) An accredited veterinarian shall 

 immediately report to the Veteri- 

 narian-in-Charge and the State Animal 

 Health Official all diagnosed or sus- 

 pected cases of a communicable animal 

 disease for which a APHIS has a con- 

 trol or eradication program in 9 CFR 

 chapter I, and all diagnosed or sus- 

 pected cases of any animal disease not 

 known to exist in the United States as 

 provided by § 71.3(b) of this chapter. 



(g) WTiile performing accredited 

 work, an accredited veterinarian shall 

 take such measures of sanitation as are 

 necessary to prevent the spread of com- 

 municable diseases of animals by the 

 accredited veterinarian. 



(h) An accredited veterinarian shall 

 keep himself or herself currently in- 

 formed on Federal and State regula- 

 tions that are provided to him or her 

 by the Veterinarian-in-Charge, or by a 

 State official through the Veteri- 

 narian-in-Charge, governing the move- 

 ment of animals, and on procedures ap- 

 plicable to disease control and eradi- 

 cation programs, including emergency 

 programs. 



(i) An accredited veterinarian shall 

 not use or dispense in any manner, any 

 pharmaceutical, chemical, vaccine or 

 serum, or other biological product au- 

 thorized for use under any Federal reg- 

 ulation or cooperative disease eradi- 

 cation program, in contravention of ap- 

 plicable Federal or State statutes, reg- 

 ulations, and policies. 



(j) An accredited veterinarian shall 

 be responsible for the security and 

 proper use of all official certificates, 

 forms, records, and reports; tags, 

 bands, or other identification devices; 

 and approved digital signature capa- 

 bilities used in his or her work as an 

 accredited veterinarian and shall take 

 reasonable care to prevent the misuse 

 thereof. An accredited veterinarian 

 shall immediately report to the Veteri- 

 narian-in-Charge the loss, theft, or de- 

 liberate or accidental misuse of any 

 such certificate, form, record, or re- 

 port; tag, band, or other identification 



device; or approved digital signature 

 capability. 



(k) An accredited veterinarian may 

 issue an origin health certificate for 

 export use pursuant to part 91 of this 

 chapter without including test results 

 from a laboratory, if the Veterinarian- 

 in-Charge has determined that such ac- 

 tion is necessary to save time in order 

 to meet an exportation schedule and 

 agrees to add the test results to the 

 certificate at a later time. In such 

 cases, the accredited veterinarian shall 

 state on a removable attachment to 

 the certificate that such test results 

 are to be added by the Veterinarian-in- 

 Charge. 



[57 FR 54912. Nov. 23. 1992; 58 FR 8820, Feb. 17, 

 1993; 60 FR 39842. Aug. 4, 1995; 60 FR 55443, 

 Nov. 1. 1995; 62 FR 25445. May 9, 1997; 67 FR 

 11561, Mar. 15, 2002] 



§ 161.4 Suspension or revocation of 

 veterinary accreditation; criminal 

 and civil penalties. 



(a) The Administrator is authorized 

 to suspend for a given period of time, 

 or to revoke, the accreditation of a vet- 

 erinarian when he or she determines 

 that the accredited veterinarian has 

 not complied with the "Standards for 

 Accredited Veterinarian Duties" as set 

 forth in §161.3 of this part, or, in lieu 

 thereof, to issue a written notice of 

 warning to the accredited veterinarian 

 when the Administrator determines a 

 notice of warning will be adequate to 

 attain compliance with the Standards. 



(b) Accreditation shall be automati- 

 cally terminated when an accredited 

 veterinarian is not licensed or legally 

 able to practice veterinary medicine in 

 at least one State. 



(c) Accreditation shall be automati- 

 cally revoked when an accredited vet- 

 erinarian is convicted of a crime in ei- 

 ther State or Federal court, if such 

 conviction is based on the performance 

 or nonperformance of any act required 

 of the veterinarian in his or her capac- 

 ity as an accredited veterinarian. 



(d) Any accredited veterinarian who 

 knowingly issues or signs a false, in- 

 correct, or mislabeled animal health or 

 inspection certificate, blood sample, of- 

 ficial brucellosis vaccination certifi- 

 cate, or official tuberculin test certifi- 

 cate in accordance with this chapter, 

 shall be subject to such civil penalties 



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