(A) 
Whenever a case of rabies has occurred in the locality, or when the proper officials of a government unit are apprehensive of the spread of rabies, the State Department of Agriculture and the County Animal Control Department shall act to prevent its spread among dogs and other animals. The Department of Agriculture may order:
(1) 
That all dogs or other animals in the locality be:
(a) 
Kept confined within an enclosure, or
(b) 
Kept muzzled and restrained by a leash.
(2) 
That all owners or keepers of dogs or other animals take prophylactic measures as it deems necessary to prevent the spread of rabies. The Administrator and the County Animal Control Department shall assist in the implementation and enforcement of the aforesaid orders.
(3) 
Other measures as may be necessary to control the spread of rabies.
(B) 
The County Animal Control Department or the Administrator may also determine the area of the locality in which, and the period of time during which, such orders shall be effective.
Every owner of a dog four (4) or more months of age shall cause the dog to be inoculated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian each year. New state residents owning or keeping a dog four (4) or more months of age shall register the dog within thirty (30) days after establishing residence in the County. Evidence of the rabies inoculation shall be entered on a certificate the form of which shall be approved by the Board and which shall be signed by the licensed veterinarian administering the vaccine. The Board shall cause a rabies inoculation tag to be issued, at a fee established by the Board for each dog or cat inoculated against rabies.
Rabies vaccine for use on animals shall be sold or distributed only to and used only by licensed veterinarians. Such rabies vaccine shall be licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture and approved by the Department.
(A) 
Rabies vaccination tags for dogs shall be furnished by the County. The Administrator or other county official designated by the Board shall record the name and address of each person to whom rabies vaccination tags are issued and the serial numbers of the tags issued. The person receiving the tags shall be held accountable for each tag, and shall return all unused tags upon their expiration. If that person fails to account for each tag, or refuses to return unused tags, the County may withhold issuance of additional tags to that person.
(B) 
The rabies vaccination tag shall be attached to a collar or harness and worn at all times by the dog for which the certificate and tag have been issued, except when such dog is confined.
(A) 
A rabies vaccination tag and certificate shall be honored until expiration when ownership of a dog is transferred into the County while the dog is in transit, or if the owner has established residence in another county.
(B) 
Dogs inoculated against rabies prior to entry into the State shall be recognized as officially vaccinated if the Administrator is presented evidence that such inoculation was administered by a licensed veterinarian. The evidence shall include the date(s) of vaccination(s), type of vaccine, name of manufacturer, serial number, and amount of vaccine administered.
The provisions of the State Animal Control Act as to the recognized immunity period of animal rabies vaccines, as well as the sections concerning rabid animal procedures for revaccination, confinement or destruction shall be the same and are hereby declared to be made part of this Chapter by reference and the Administrator shall enforce the statute, as well as the rules and regulations of the State Department of Agriculture appertaining thereto.
The owner of any dog or other animal which exhibits clinical signs or rabies, whether or not such dog or other animal has been inoculated against rabies, shall immediately notify the Administrator, and shall promptly confine the dog or other animal, or have it confined, under suitable observation, for a period of at least ten (10) days, unless officially authorized by the Administrator, in writing, to release it sooner. Any dog or other animal, whether or not the exposed dog or other animal has been inoculated against rabies, shall be confined as recommended by the Administrator.
Pursuant to 510 ILCS 5/10(b), an owner redeeming an unvaccinated impounded dog four (4) or more months of age, or any person taking ownership of such a dog as provided under 510 ILCS 5/11, shall cause that dog to be officially vaccinated against rabies within five (5) days after the dog is removed from the pound.
A biting animal shall, for confinement purposes as set forth in 510 ILCS 5/13 and this Chapter, be considered officially vaccinated against rabies if:
(A) 
The initial rabies vaccination was completed at least thirty (30) days prior to the biting incident; or
(B) 
The biting animal shall have been previously immunized against rabies and the biting incident occurred within the recognized immunization period for the vaccine used.
The brains of all dogs or other animals which are suspected of having rabies or the brains from animals which have bitten a person or other animal and die during the period of observation shall be promptly and properly submitted to a recognized laboratory for rabies examination. It shall be the responsibility of the person who has the biting animal confined under his observation to see that the brain is properly submitted to the laboratory without delay. There is no observation period for wild animals so their brains shall be submitted immediately for rabies examination.
If an owner of a dog four (4) or more months of age cannot furnish evidence that the dog is currently inoculated against rabies, and the dog has bitten any person, this shall constitute prima facie evidence that the owner is in violation of this Chapter.
The efficacy of rabies vaccine for fur-bearing mammals and wild animals has not been established. Therefore, there is no observation period with regard to these animals. When a fur-bearing mammal or wild animal bites a person, dog, cat, or other animal, it should be immediately and humanely dispatched and its brain shall be submitted to the Administrator, his agents, or a recognized laboratory for rabies examination.
No person, business, association or corporation shall keep a non-domestic animal in any place other than a properly maintained zoological park, circus, scientific or educational institution, research laboratory, veterinary hospital or animal refuge.