<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 14-30. - Report and confinement of dogs and cats biting persons or showing symptoms of rabies.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Quarantine.</span> Every dog or cat which has bitten any person or which shows symptoms of rabies shall
               be confined immediately and shall be promptly reported to the animal control unit,
               and thereupon shall be securely quarantined, at the direction of the animal control
               unit, for ten days commencing from the time of the bite. Dogs and cats may be housed
               at locations other than the county animal control shelter upon prior approval from
               the health director or animal control supervisor that such alternate location meeting
               proper confinement specifications as enumerated herein and set forth in animal control
               unit protocols. Animals quarantined under this section shall be confined at the expense
               of the owner.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Authority to seize animals for noncompliance.</span> 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 health director may order seizure of the
               animal and its confinement for ten days in such a place as the health director designates
               at the expense of the owner.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Release upon permission of health director.</span> Animals confined in this section shall not be released from confinement except by
               permission from the health director.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Disposition of animal other than dog or cat.</span> An animal other than a dog or cat that bites a person shall be immediately euthanized
               and its head forwarded to the state laboratory of public health for rabies testing.
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               (e)
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               <span class="ital">Quarantine of stray animals.</span> In the case of stray animals whose ownership is not known, the supervised quarantine
               required by this section shall be at the county animal shelter.
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               (f)
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               <span class="ital">Authority to euthanize unclaimed animals.</span> If any animal is unclaimed after the ten-day confinement, then, the county animal
               control supervisor shall have the animal euthanized.
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               (g)
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               <span class="ital">Release from quarantine.</span> If rabies does not develop within the ten-day quarantine period under this section,
               the animal may be released from quarantine to its owner with written permission from
               the animal control supervisor. If the animal has been confined in the county animal
               shelter, upon reclaiming the animal, the owner shall pay any such fee established
               by resolution of the board of county commissioners for each day of confinement to
               defray the cost of sheltering the animal.
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               (h)
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               <span class="ital">Report of bites.</span> Law enforcement agencies investigating animal bites shall report such bites immediately
               to the health director, health department communicable disease unit, or animal control
               unit, and give the names and addresses of persons bitten and owner of the animal.
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               (i)
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               <span class="ital">Euthanization of wounded, diseased or suffering animals.</span> Badly wounded, diseased, or suffering animals which are suspected of having rabies
               may be humanely euthanized immediately, and the head forwarded for rabies testing.
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               (Ord. of 1-7-02)
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