Under IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at 9:30 a.m., at the Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH), 1202 East 38th Street, Discovery Hall Suite 100, Indianapolis, Indiana, the BOAH will hold a public hearing on a proposed rule that amends BOAH rules governing reportable diseases. The proposed rule amends 345 IAC 1-6-1.5 to add a definition of "animal health professional". It amends 345 IAC 1-6-2 to add egg drop syndrome virus (EDSV) to the signs of disease list, and requires a veterinarian, owner, caretaker, or custodian of an animal who knows or has reason to suspect that a disease or condition declared reportable by the board exists in an animal to report that information to the state veterinarian within twenty-four (24) hours after discovering the occurrence or suspected occurrence of the disease or condition. It also amends 345 IAC 1-6-3 to add EDSV in birds to the reportable disease list, and requires a diagnostic laboratory or animal health professional to report a diagnosis of any reportable disease within twenty-four (24) hours of the diagnosis.

The proposed rule does not impose costs beyond what is expressly required by state and federal law. Therefore, the proposed rule does not impose costs on a regulated entity that would require a justification statement under IC 4-22-2-24(d)(3).

Copies of these rules are now on file at the Indiana State Board of Animal Health, 1202 East 38th Street, Discovery Hall Suite 100, Indianapolis, Indiana and are open for public inspection and copying.