Bill Text: IL SB3218 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Animal Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rabies inoculations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3218 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB3218-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning animals.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 8 as follows:
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6 | (510 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 8, par. 358)
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7 | Sec. 8. Rabies inoculation. Every owner of a dog 4 months | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | or more of age shall have each dog
inoculated against rabies
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9 | a licensed veterinarian. Every dog shall
have a second rabies | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | vaccination within one year of the
the first. Terms of
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11 | subsequent
vaccine administration and duration of immunity | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | must be in compliance with USDA
licenses of vaccines used. A | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | veterinarian immunizing a dog, cat, or ferret against rabies | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | shall provide the Administrator of the county in which the dog, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | cat, or ferret resides with a certificate of immunization. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Evidence of such rabies
inoculation shall be entered on a | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | certificate the form of which shall be
approved by the Board | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | and which shall contain the microchip number of the dog, cat, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | or ferret if it has one and which shall be signed by the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | licensed
veterinarian administering the vaccine. Only one dog, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | cat, or ferret shall be included on each certificate. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Veterinarians who inoculate a dog
shall procure from the County | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Animal
Control in the county where their office is located
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1 | serially
numbered tags, one to be issued with each inoculation | ||||||
2 | certificate. The
Board shall cause a rabies
inoculation tag to | ||||||
3 | be issued, at a fee established by the Board
for each
dog | ||||||
4 | inoculated against rabies. | ||||||
5 | Rabies vaccine for use on animals shall be sold or | ||||||
6 | distributed only to
and used only by licensed veterinarians. | ||||||
7 | Such rabies vaccine shall be
licensed by the United States | ||||||
8 | Department of Agriculture.
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9 | If a licensed veterinarian determines in writing that a | ||||||
10 | rabies inoculation would compromise an animal's health, then | ||||||
11 | the animal shall be exempt from the rabies inoculation | ||||||
12 | requirement, however, the owner is still responsible for the | ||||||
13 | tag fees. | ||||||
14 | If a bite occurs from an exempt animal, the exempt animal | ||||||
15 | shall be treated as an unvaccinated animal. If the animal is | ||||||
16 | exempt, the animal shall be re-examined by a licensed | ||||||
17 | veterinarian on no less than an annual basis and be vaccinated | ||||||
18 | against rabies as soon as the animal's health permits. | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 99-658, eff. 7-28-16.)
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