<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-97. - Inoculation of dogs, cats, and other pets.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               It shall be unlawful for an owner to fail to provide current inoculation by a licensed
               veterinarian against rabies (hydrophobia) for any dog or cat four months of age or
               older. Should it be deemed necessary by the county health director, the board of county
               commissioners or the state public health veterinarian that other pets be inoculated
               in order to prevent a threatened epidemic or to control an existing epidemic, it shall
               be unlawful for an owner to fail to provide current inoculation by a licensed veterinarian
               against rabies for that pet.
               
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               (b)
               
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               A rabies inoculation shall be deemed current for a dog or cat if two inoculations
               have been given one year apart and a booster dose of rabies vaccine administered every
               three years thereafter.
               
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               (c)
               
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               A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
               
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               (Ord. of 8-17-92, art. II, Â§ 2; Ord. of 3-19-96, art. II, Â§ 2;
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                  Ord. No. 2021-32
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               , Â§ 3, 12-20-21)
               
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