44-2-101 - Chapter definitions.
44-2-101. Chapter definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Animal or animals means all domestic animals including, but not limited to, cattle, bison, all equidae, sheep, goats, swine, dogs, cats, all avian species, and all Class III animals as established by § 70-4-403;
(2) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture;
(3) Department means the Tennessee department of agriculture;
(4) Disease means any communicable disease deemed appropriate for regulatory control measures by the state veterinarian;
(5) Person means an individual, corporation, partnership and any association of two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest; and
(6) USDA means the United States department of agriculture.
[Acts 1993, ch. 109, § 1; T.C.A. § 44-2-1301.]