§ 11-18-117 — Confidentiality of livestock premises and identification records; penalties

Wyoming § 11-18-117

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 11: Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals
• Ch. 18: LIVESTOCK BOARD AND STATE VETERINARIAN

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(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section,
all records, data and information collected by the state,
recorded or otherwise, for the purposes of a livestock
identification program shall be confidential and are not public
records for purposes of W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205. The
records, data and information shall be released only upon order
of the Wyoming livestock board to appropriate governmental
agencies for the purposes of a livestock identification program,
disease outbreak or law enforcement investigation. The board
shall not release any records, data or information to a federal
agency until the agency confirms in writing that it will
maintain the records, data and information as confidential and
that they are not subject to the federal Freedom of Information
Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, as amended. Upon release by the board of
any information to any other governmental entity, the board
shall notify the person to whom the information refers or
pertains that the release has been made, the name of the entity
to whom the information was released and shall provide a copy or
summary of the information contained in the release. The
records, data and information shall not be subject to discovery
or introduction into evidence in any civil action.
(b) The Wyoming livestock board may release any
information related to a confirmed non-negative brucellosis test
in the county where the animal testing non-negative is located,
subject to W.S. 11-18-103(a)(xii), and may release information
collected for the purposes of a livestock identification program
related to the ownership and location of individual animals to
the extent the information is useful in controlling or
preventing a disease outbreak or to show particular animals or
herds are not involved in a disease outbreak.
(c) For the purposes of animal disease traceability,
Wyoming livestock owners may choose to identify animals using
any methods set forth in 9 C.F.R. part 86, as adopted on January
9, 2013, as well as any additional methods that are later
approved by the Wyoming livestock board as "official
identification".
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or
amend the brucellosis surveillance or testing program
administered by the state.
(e) A person who knowingly provides false information to
the Wyoming livestock board for purposes of a livestock
identification program shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00),
imprisonment for up to six (6) months, or both.
(f) A person who refuses to provide to the livestock board
information that is required under the authority of the
livestock board for purposes of a mandatory livestock
identification program shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00),
imprisonment for up to six (6) months, or both.