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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 15.22.04.04" title_num="15" subtitle_num="22" chapter_num="04" heading="Organic Farm Plan.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A certified organic animal producer shall follow COMAR 15.22.02 in the development and the use of a farm plan for producing products under a system of organic management.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The plan shall address the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Feed sources;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Nutrient management;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Animal health;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Animal management;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Animal identification;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Shelter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Living conditions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Records;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Disease prevention and treatment; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Parasite prevention and control.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A licensed veterinarian shall recommend disease and parasite prevention, treatment, and control programs within the context of a valid veterinarian-client relationship.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Sections A—C of this regulation, including the labeling provisions of Regulation .14 of this chapter, apply to farms in a transition period to becoming organically certified for livestock production.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>If the farm is a split operation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>There shall be functionally separate and observable differences between the certified organic and conventional sections; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Each section of the split operation shall be described in the farm plan.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>