<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-56. - Rabies control.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Vaccination of dogs, cats and ferrets required; vaccination of other pets.</span>
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               (1)
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               It shall be unlawful for an owner or keeper to fail to provide current vaccination
               against rabies for any dog, cat or ferret four months of age or older. Should it be
               deemed necessary by the local health director or the local board of health that other
               pets be vaccinated in order to prevent a threatened epidemic or to control an existing
               epidemic, it shall be unlawful for any owner or keeper to fail to provide current
               vaccination against rabies for that pet.
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               (2)
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               All antirabic vaccines shall be administered by a licensed veterinarian or a certified
               rabies vaccinator.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Vaccination tag and certification.</span>
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               (1)
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               Upon complying with the provisions of subsection (a)(1) above, there shall be issued
               to the owner or keeper of the dog or cat vaccinated a rabies tag, stamped with the
               number and the year for which issued, and a rabies vaccination certificate.
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               (2)
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               It shall be unlawful for any dog or cat owner or keeper to fail to provide the dog
               or cat with a collar or harness to which a current rabies tag issued under this section
               is securely attached. The collar or harness, with attached tag, must be worn at all
               times. All dog and cat owners or keepers must maintain in their possession all vaccination
               certificates for official proof and documentation of rabies vaccination.
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               (3)
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               In addition to all other penalties as prescribed by law, a dog, cat or ferret is subject
               to impoundment in accordance with the provisions of this article if the dog, cat or
               ferret is found not to be wearing a currently valid rabies tag.
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               (4)
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               It shall be unlawful for any person to use for any animal a rabies vaccination tag
               issued for an animal other than the one using the tag.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Notice to local animal control when person bitten by dog, cat or ferret; confinement
                  of animal.</span>
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               (1)
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               It shall be unlawful for any person, or his parent or guardian if such person is a
               minor, and the person owning such and animal or having possession or under his control
               to fail to report within 24 hours of the bite to the officer that an animal has bitten
               a person. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to inform the officer where
               an animal is located if the owner has given the animal away, or caused in any way
               the animal to be taken from the owner's premises.
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               (2)
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               All dogs, cats or ferrets that bite human beings shall be immediately confined for
               ten days in a place designated by the county health director. If the owner or the
               person who controls or possesses the dog or cat refuses to confine the animal as required
               by this section, the animal may be seized pursuant to<a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH6AN_ARTIIANCO_DIV6SEDIBO_S6-112SEDIAN" class="section-link" data-product-id="12776"> section 6-112</a> for the ten-day period at the expense of the owner, or person who controls or possesses
               the animal. Should the owner, or person who controls or possesses the animal fail
               to reclaim the animal as provided in said<a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH6AN_ARTIIANCO_DIV6SEDIBO_S6-112SEDIAN" class="section-link" data-product-id="12776"> section 6-112</a>, then the remaining terms and conditions of said section shall control. Following
               such ten-day confinement, the dog, cat or ferret may be released with the written
               permission of the sheriff or his designees or health director, and the terms and conditions
               of said<a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH6AN_ARTIIANCO_DIV6SEDIBO_S6-112SEDIAN" class="section-link" data-product-id="12776"> section 6-112</a>.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Rabies exposures.</span>
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               (1)
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               Any domestic or hybrid animal reasonably suspected to have been exposed to the saliva
               or nervous tissue of a proven rabid animal, or animal reasonable suspected of having
               rabies that is not available for laboratory diagnosis, shall be considered to have
               been exposed to rabies. In any case where the animal in question without a current
               rabies vaccination, or a domestic animal that's vaccination status cannot be verified,
               the exposed animal shall be seized immediately pursuant to<a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH6AN_ARTIIANCO_DIV6SEDIBO_S6-112SEDIAN" class="section-link" data-product-id="12776"> section 6-112</a> and held at the expense of the owner, or person who controls or possesses the animal.
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               (2)
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               As an alternative to destruction, a domestic dog, cat or ferret reasonably believed
               to have been exposed to rabies may be quarantined in accordance with G.S. 130A-197
               at the discretion of the local health director. In such case, the owner of the exposed
               animal shall make the appropriate quarantine arrangements at the owner's expense within
               a period of time not to exceed ten days. The local health director, or designee of
               the health director, may grant an extension at his or her discretion. Such extension
               shall be made in writing. During such time, it shall be the responsibility of the
               owner or caretaker to post a bond pursuant to section of this article. Failure of
               the owner or caretaker to comply with this provision will result in the determination
               of the animal's final disposition being made in accordance with<a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH6AN_ARTIIANCO_DIV6SEDIBO_S6-110POBOBOFO" class="section-link" data-product-id="12776"> section 6-110</a>.
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               (Ord. No. 10-04-01, 3-16-10)
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