(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.
(Ordinance 583 adopted 10/1/87; 1999 Code, sec. 91.45)
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 quarantine for a period
of six months’ quarantine, and shall be vaccinated immediately,
plus re-vaccinated at the end of five months. 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 for
a period of 90 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 month’s quarantine
or the animal shall become the property of the city and shall be forthwith
disposed of; provided, however, that the chief of police may permit
the quarantine of the bitten animal for the required period in a licensed
veterinary facility at the owner’s option and expense.
(Ordinance 583 adopted 10/1/87; 1999 Code, sec. 91.46)
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 days.
(Ordinance 583 adopted 10/1/87; 1999 Code, sec. 91.47)
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.
(Ordinance 583 adopted 10/1/87; 1999 Code, sec. 91.48)
Quarantining shall be at the following:
(1)
A
state-approved rabies quarantine facility, in which case the owner
of the animal suspected of having rabies shall pay the usual impoundment
fees.
(2)
A
licensed veterinary hospital, upon the owner’s request and at
his expense.
(3)
Home
quarantine may be approved by the animal control authority where all
of the following requirements are met:
(A)
The animal owner is a resident of the city and has a facility in
the city limits to provide absolute security and isolation for the
animal. If the owner of a biting animal fails to keep the animal so
confined, an offense shall have been committed.
(B)
The owner of the biting animal agrees that he will have the animal
inspected by a licensed veterinarian on the first day of isolation
and on the day immediately following the ten-day isolation period.
The owner further agrees to furnish the animal control authority with
a certificate of health showing the animal to be free of rabies. If
the owner of the biting animal fails to have the animal inspected
on the first day of and on the day immediately following this ten-day
observation period as required, an offense shall have been committed.
(C)
The biting animal was currently vaccinated and was not at large at
the time of the bite.
(D)
If an animal dies while in home quarantine, the animal control authority
shall be notified immediately, and the animal will be surrendered
to the animal control authority for testing.
(E)
Failure to comply with the home observation requirements shall constitute
an offense.
(4)
An
animal of unknown ownership will be quarantined at a state-approved
rabies quarantine facility.
(Ordinance 583 adopted 10/1/87; Ordinance 644 adopted 4/2/92; 1999 Code, sec.
91.49)
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.
(Ordinance 583 adopted 10/1/87; 1999 Code, sec. 91.50)
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 board of health for pathological examination.
The local health authority shall notify the director of public health
of reports of human contacts and the diagnosis made of the suspected
animal from the pathological examination.
(Ordinance 583 adopted 10/1/87; 1999 Code, sec. 91.51)
(a)
Authorized; period of quarantine.
A city-wide quarantine
may be invoked for a period of 30 days by the city commission upon
the recommendation of the chief of police after the commission has
been notified by the state board of health of a positive diagnosis
of rabies of an animal or after an investigation it has determined
there exists an immediate threat of rabies.
(b)
Extension of time.
In the event there are additional
positive cases of rabies occurring during the 30-day period of the
city-wide quarantine, such period of quarantine may be extended for
an additional reasonable period of time.
(c)
Restrictions during quarantine.
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.
(Ordinance 583 adopted 10/1/87; 1999 Code, sec. 91.52)
(a)
Killing of animal or removal from city.
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, or to remove same from the city
limits without written permission from the chief of police.
(b)
Surrender of carcass.
The carcass of any dead animal
suspected of having been exposed to rabies shall, upon demand, be
surrendered to the local health authority.
(c)
Disposition of animal determined rabid.
The local health
authority shall direct the disposition of any animal found to be infected
with rabies.
(d)
Surrender of animal.
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.
(Ordinance 583 adopted 10/1/87; 1999 Code, sec. 91.53)
