(a) 
It shall be the duty of every physician or other practitioner to report to the LRCA 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 LRCA. No person having the custody or possession of such animal shall fail, refuse or neglect to allow the LRCA to make an inspection or examination of such animal for the purpose of determining whether such animal has rabies.
(Ordinance 124, sec. 22, adopted 4/27/21)
(a) 
Quarantine of biting animal.
Every animal which bites a person or which is suspected of having bitten a person shall be promptly reported to the LRCA, and shall thereupon be securely quarantined for a period of ten (10) days.
(b) 
Quarantine places.
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) 
An animal of unknown ownership will be quarantined at a state-approved rabies quarantine facility.
(c) 
Surrender of animal by owner; payment of expense.
Upon demand made by the LRCA, 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 of animal to owner.
The quarantined animal may be reclaimed but [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; notification of health officer.
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 LRCA shall immediately send the head of such animal to the department of state health services for pathological examination. The LRCA 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 animal bitten, regardless of vaccination status, by another animal suspected of being or known to be rabid shall be immediately quarantined or euthanized humanely. If euthanized, the brain of the animal must be submitted to the local rabies authority to be submitted for testing. If quarantined, the animal must be surrendered to the animal shelter for a minimum period of ten (10) full days since the time the bite occurred. 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 the quarantine period or the animal shall become the property of the city and shall be forthwith disposed of; provided, however, that the city council 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 124, sec. 23, adopted 4/27/21)
(a) 
Conditions warranting quarantine; period of quarantine.
A city-wide quarantine may be [declared] for a period of thirty (30) days by the city council upon the recommendation of the mayor after the council has been notified by the department of state health services 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 thirty (30) day period of the city-wide 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 [sic] public place during the period of quarantine.
(Ordinance 124, sec. 24, adopted 4/27/21)
(a) 
Killing or removing animal 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 city council.
(b) 
Surrender of carcass of animal exposed to rabies.
The carcass of any dead animal suspected of having been exposed to rabies shall, upon demand, be surrendered to the LRCA.
(c) 
Disposition of animal determined rabid.
The LRCA shall direct the disposition of any animal found to be infected with rabies.
(d) 
Surrender of animal 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 LRCA.
(Ordinance 124, sec. 25, adopted 4/27/21)