OAR 603-011-1325: Import Requirements - Turtles

(1) In addition to the requirements of OAR 603-011-1100 and all other import requirements, no turtles shall be imported into the State of Oregon with carapace lengths of less than four inches, except by: (a) A governmental agency; (b) A privately financed research group; or (c) A zoo or wildlife exhibit. (2) The Department may take samples of turtles, tankwater or other appropriate samples from turtles sold, distributed or given away and cause laboratory examinations to be made. In the event turtles, so sampled, are found contaminated with Salmonella, the Department may order the immediate humane destruction of any or all of the lot of turtles from which the samples were obtained.