Pet Age Staff//July 6, 2016//
Pet Age Staff //July 6, 2016//
The South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) has proposed a rule which would repeal state code Chapter 61-52: Psittacine Birds.
Chapter 61-52 currently restricts individuals and businesses from selling birds known to be ill with Avian Chlamydiosis (also called Psittacosis in humans) and requires individuals and businesses to keep records of sales of all psittacine birds.
For purposes of the section, “psittacine birds” includes all birds commonly known as parrots, Amazons, Mexican double heads, African grays, cockatoos, macaws, parakeets, love birds, lories, lorikeets and all other birds of the psittacine family.
The Department lists the following reasons for its repeal of the law:
PIJAC has announced that it supports the proposed repeal of this chapter of South Carolina Code and agrees with the Department’s reasoning for doing so. It has encouraged its South Carolina members and other industry stakeholders to submit comments in support of this repeal, using the instructions below.
The Department will accept comments from interested parties until September 29, 2015.
Written comments may be submitted to:
Rachael Radcliffe, DVM MPH
Division of Acute Disease Epidemiology
South Carolina Dept. of Health & Environmental Control
2100 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Email comments may be sent to: