(a) 
It shall be the duty of every physician or other practitioner to report to the local health authority the names and addresses of persons treated for bites inflicted by animals, together with such other information as will be helpful in rabies control.
(b) 
It shall be the duty of every person owning or having possession of an animal which has bitten a person to report the same to the local health authority and to confine it in an enclosure, or to securely hold the animal in a closed, padlocked cage for observation and examination by the local health authority. No person having the custody or possession of such animal shall fail, refuse or neglect to allow the local health authority to make an inspection or examination of such animal for the purpose of determining whether such animal has rabies.
(1989 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Section 9A)
(a) 
Animal Which Bites; Observation Period.
Every animal which bites a person or which is suspected of having bitten a person shall be promptly reported to the local health authority, and shall thereupon be securely quarantined for a period of ten (10) days.
(b) 
Quarantine Places.
Quarantining shall be at the following:
(1) 
state approved rabies quarantine facility in which case the owner of the animal suspected of having rabies shall pay the usual impoundment fee;
(2) 
a licensed veterinary hospital, upon the owner's request and at his expense; or
(3) 
home quarantine subject to the approval of the local health authority and the following requirements:
(A) 
the owner of the animal is a resident of the city and has proper confinement facilities at his residence;
(B) 
the owner of the suspect animal agrees that he will have the animal inspected by a licensed veterinarian immediately following the ten (10) day period and agrees to furnish the local health authority with a certificate of health showing the animal to be free of rabies;
(C) 
the animal was not in violation of any laws or ordinances at the time of the possible exposure;
(D) 
the animal is currently vaccinated; and
(E) 
the animal can be observed daily by the local health authority.
(c) 
Surrender by Owner; Expense.
Upon demand made by the local health authority it shall be unlawful for the owner to fail to surrender any animal which has bitten a person or another animal, or which is suspected of having been exposed to rabies, for quarantine, the expense of which shall be borne by the owner.
(d) 
Release to Owner.
The quarantined animal may be reclaimed by the owner if adjudged free of rabies, upon payment of impoundment fees and upon compliance with the vaccination requirement of this Chapter.
(e) 
Pathological Examination; Public Health Official Notification.
When an animal under quarantine is diagnosed by a licensed veterinarian as being rabid or suspected of being rabid or dies while under observation, the local health authority shall immediately send the head of such animal to the State Health Department for pathological examination. The local health authority shall notify the proper public health official of reports of human contacts and the diagnosis made of the suspected animal from the pathological examination.
(f) 
Animals Bitten by Rabid Animals.
Any unvaccinated animal bitten by another animal suspected of being or known to be rabid shall be immediately destroyed, or shall be surrendered to the animal shelter or home quarantined for a period of ninety (90) days quarantine, and shall be vaccinated immediately, plus revaccinated during the third and eighth week of quarantine. Any vaccinated animal bitten by another animal suspected of being or known to be rabid shall be immediately vaccinated and surrendered to the animal shelter or home quarantined for a period of forty-five (45 ) days quarantine. In the event the biting animal is found not to be rabid, the bitten animal shall be released. Said animal shall be quarantined at the owner's expense and said expense shall be paid at the end of each week's quarantine or the animal shall become the property of the city and shall be forthwith disposed of; provided, however, that the city may permit the quarantine of the bitten animal for the required period in a licensed veterinary facility at the owner's option and expense.
(1989 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Section 9B)
(a) 
Condition Warranting; Period.
A citywide quarantine may be invoked for a period of thirty (30) days by the city council upon the recommendation of the local health authority after the council has been notified by the State Health Department of a positive diagnosis of rabies of an animal or, after an investigation it has determined there exists an immediate threat of rabies.
(b) 
Extending Time.
In the event there are additional positive cases of rabies occurring during the thirty-day period of the citywide quarantine, such period of quarantine may be extended for an additional reasonable period of time.
(c) 
Animals in Public.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take or permit any animal to be at large, or in any other public place, during the period of quarantine.
(1989 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Section 9C)
It shall be unlawful for any person to kill, or cause to be killed, any rabid animal, any animal suspected of having been exposed to rabies, or any animal which has bitten a person or is suspected to have bitten a person, except as herein provided; nor to remove same from the city limits without written permission from the local health authority.
(1) 
Exposed to Rabies.
The carcass of any dead animal suspected of having rabies shall, upon demand, be surrendered to the local health authority.
(2) 
Determined Rabid.
The local health authority shall direct the disposition of any animal found to be infected with rabies.
(3) 
Surrender After Demand.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to surrender any animal for quarantine, destruction, or disposal as required herein when demand is made therefor by the local health authority.
(1989 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Section 9D)