Colorado Department of Agriculture
State Board of Stock Inspection
Administration and Enforcement of the Alternative Livestock Act §§ 35-41.5-101 – 117 C.R.S.
8 CCR 1205-2
Part 2.	The Licensing System
2.1.	Each applicant for a license shall submit a signed, complete, accurate, and legible application which shall include, at a minimum: the form provided by the Board; the application fee set by the Board; unless provided on the application form, the name and address of the farm, the name under which the farm will operate (the doing business as name), the name or the person who is the primary contact, the address and telephone number of the location where the records are to be kept; and any other information required on the form.
2.2.	Each person applying as a corporation, shall submit a certificate of good standing from the secretary of state.
2.3.	Each applicant shall submit to the Board the name under which the farm will operate. If the licensee operates under more than one name, each such name shall be listed with the Board.
2.4.	The annual license fee for all alternative livestock licenses shall be $300.00 $150.00 per year or any portion of a year.
2.5.	The annual fee for each name listed pursuant to ¶ 2.3 after the license name and one additional name shall be $100.00.
2.6.	Each applicant for renewal of a license shall annually submit a signed, complete, accurate, and legible application which shall include, at a minimum: the form provided by the Board; the application fee set by the Board; unless provided on the application form the name and address of the farm, the name under which the farm will operate (the doing business as name), the name or the person who is the primary contact, the address and telephone number of the location where the records are to be kept; and any other information required on the form.
Part 3.	Records
3.1.	Licensed alternative livestock farms shall maintain accurate and legible office records of inventory of alternative livestock; animal purity documents as designated by the Wildlife Commission; and herd or individual animal health documents as designated by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
3.2.	Inventory records shall be kept for each individual animal and shall include all of the following information:
(a)	Ownership;
(b)	Division of Wildlife identification number as assigned before July 1, 1994, and any identification number assigned by the owner;
(c)	Tattoo number;
(d)	United States Department of Agriculture alphanumeric test tag number or official Canadian alphanumeric test tag number if applicable;
(e)	Age;
(f)	Sex;
(g)	Date of purchase or date of birth; and
(h)	Date of death or date of change of ownership.
3.3.	Any alternative livestock born on the property must be shown on the inventory record on or before to December 31 April 30 of the year of birth.
3.4.	Any alternative livestock purchased must be shown on the inventory record promptly after acquisition.
3.5.	Office records of alternative livestock farms licensed by the same person and within 15 miles by the nearest passable road may be combined and kept at one location.
Part 26.	Statements of Basis, Specific Statutory Authority & Purpose
26.14	October 12, 2011 – Effective November 30, 2011
The statutory authority for these rules is the Alternative Livestock Act § 35-41.5-101(2)(c) and (g), C.R.S., and the general authority of the State Board of Stock Inspection Commissioners found at § 35-41-101(3), C.R.S. 
The basis of these rules is to comport record-keeping requirements with industry practice and to modify the fee structure to reflect the actual cost of the program.
Changes to Part 2.5 reflect a reduction in fees in line with the actual cost of administering the program.
Changes to Part 3.3 comport with common practices within the elk industry with regard to tattooing, which cannot reasonably be accomplished until after December 31 of the year in which any elk calf is born.  As such, the Board modifies the deadline for submission of records related to births and tattooing to a later date to allow producers to update records in accord with typical herd management practices, calving seasons, and related tattooing.