Section 345IAC7-3.5-19. Sanitation requirements

   (a) A market facility premises and contiguous surroundings, including yards, pens, alleyways, chutes, and all other equipment which is used for the purpose of receiving, yarding, handling, and otherwise selling livestock shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary manner at all times.

  (b) Any person licensed to operate a market facility in Indiana shall provide and maintain on the premises, or have immediate access to, power spray or other disinfecting equipment. Such disinfecting equipment shall be maintained in serviceable condition at all times.

  (c) In order to prevent the spread of disease through markets in the state, the state veterinarian may prescribe circumstances under which market facilities must clean and disinfect their premises. The state veterinarian may place any market facility under temporary quarantine until the premises are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected as directed.

  (d) All trucks, trailers, or other conveyances used for the transportation of livestock in Indiana shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times. The state veterinarian or his duly authorized agent may order any conveyances be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected by the operator in order to prevent the spread of disease.

  (e) Disinfecting agents and the methods of disinfecting shall meet the approval of the state veterinarian. (Indiana State Board of Animal Health; 345 IAC 7-3.5-19; filed Nov 20, 1997, 2:45 p.m.: 21 IR 1293; readopted filed May 2, 2001, 1:45 p.m.: 24 IR 2895; readopted filed May 9, 2007, 3:16 p.m.: 20070516-IR-345070037RFA; readopted filed Aug 7, 2013, 8:32 a.m.: 20130904-IR-345130236RFA)