(a) 
It shall be the duty of every person owning or keeping an animal which has bitten a person to report same to the police chief and to confine the animal securely for collection by the animal control officer.
(b) 
It shall be the duty of the owner or keeper of any animal and all practicing veterinarians to report to the chief of police all cases of rabies of which they have knowledge.
(c) 
No person owning or keeping an animal which has bitten a person shall refuse to allow the animal control officer or police chief to make an inspection, examination or impoundment of such animal for the purpose of determining whether the animal has rabies.
(d) 
It shall be the duty of every physician or other medical practitioner to report to the animal control officer the names and addresses of persons treated for animal bites, together with such information as may be helpful in rabies control.
(e) 
All costs related to the enforcement of this provision of the article shall be borne by the owner or keeper of the animal.
(1998 Code, sec. 2.401)
Procedures of quarantine of animals which have bitten persons or other animals, for quarantine of animals suspected of having been bitten by rabid animals and for pathological examinations in such cases shall be carried out according to the guidelines established by the department of state health services and by the laws of the state.
(1998 Code, sec. 2.402)