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What is an emergency use permit (define)? #2

Open AAVLD-USAHA-ITStandards opened 2 years ago

AAVLD-USAHA-ITStandards commented 2 years ago

Please write your definition below

SusanCulpDVM commented 2 years ago

If you commented on the zoom today about this, please type your comment here to get the discussion started. Or, if you prefer, I can post the comment for you.

maggie-baldwin commented 2 years ago

This USDA guidance document might help with this piece: "Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) Response Ready Reference Guide—Defining Permitted Movement" https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/emergency_management/downloads/documents_manuals/rrg_definingpermittedmovement.pdf

"Permits are the mechanism by which movements are allowed during an FAD outbreak. In a disease outbreak, permits are issued to approve and document movements of specific transports/items into, within, and out of regulatory Control Areas"

SusanCulpDVM commented 2 years ago

@maggie-baldwin, thank you. From that same Ready Reference Guide - Defining Permitted Movement:

"A PERMIT tracks associated activities between two locations. It specifies what can move, when it can move (frequency), and for how long it can move (start/end date). A permit may also list further conditions required for movement."

SusanCulpDVM commented 2 years ago

Posting for David Hecimovich:

An Emergency Use Permit is used to approve and document movements, for a specific item and length of time, from a non-infected origin premises to a destination premises, into, within, and out of a regulatory Control Area during a USDA declared FAD outbreak. Emergency use Permits must be approved by the origin State and, if interstate movement, the destination State.

dhecimovich commented 2 years ago

Posting for Dr Sarah Bailey:

An Emergency Use Permit is used to approve and document movements of a designated group of animals, type of animal product or animal feed, for a specific length of time, from a non-infected origin premises to a destination premises, during a USDA-declared FAD outbreak where at least one Control Area or surveillance zone has been established in either the originating or receiving state.
Emergency use Permits must be approved by the origin State and, if interstate movement, the destination State.

Note added for group conversation: I was also thinking that the permit has 3 or 4 approvers (or more, see below), two from industry and two regulatory, and was attempting to figure out a way to include the Origin and Destination, and response agency with jurisdiction over each in your definition because there will need to be spaces and places with each party to be identified on the permit, and methods for communicating upstream which do not currently exist with CVIs and importation/entry permit infrastructure. Lastly, in situations where the jurisdictions are not adjacent or contiguous, does the current Emergency Use Permit plan intend to also require approval from the jurisdiction through which the shipment transits?

sreenders commented 2 years ago

@SusanCulpDVM – I agree with the definition you quoted from the Ready Reference Guide "A PERMIT tracks associated activities between two locations. It specifies what can move, when it can move (frequency), and for how long it can move (start/end date). A permit may also list further conditions required for movement."

The definition should be basic and broad enough to cover any permitted movements that may be needed in a disease event – involving control areas and free areas, non-infected premises as well as infected, suspect, and contact premises.

SusanCulpDVM commented 2 years ago

@sreenders thank you. So, in that definition, are there listed some of the data that should be considered required to permit animal movement in an animal health emergency? IE: what can move, when it can move, and duration of movement?

Sorry, I know (or suspect) that this question is jumping ahead because we do not yet have the Scope defined, but I'm wondering if approaching this backward might help us define our scope...

sreenders commented 2 years ago

@SusanCulpDVM - The Ready Reference Guide – Permitting Process document (located here:
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/emergency_management/downloads/documents_manuals/rrg-permittingprocess.pdf) lists 7 key pieces of information required for a permit: permit class, permit reason, origin premises, destination premises, items, item class, and duration/span of permit. Maybe listing these key required pieces of information in the definition helps with defining scope?