Bill Text: NC S74 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Update Rabies Control Laws
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-12 - Ch. SL 2017-106 [S74 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-S74-Introduced.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
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SENATE BILL DRS35045-MG-45 (02/08)
Short Title: Update Rabies Control Laws. |
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Sponsors: |
Senator J. Davis (Primary Sponsor). |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT implementing the recommendations and guidelines of the national association of state public health veterinarians regarding the management of dogs, cats, and ferrets exposed to rabies.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 130A‑197 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A‑197. Infected animals to be destroyed;
protection of vaccinated animals.Management of dogs, cats, and ferrets
exposed to rabies.
When the local health director
reasonably suspects that an animal required to be vaccinated under this Part
has been exposed to the saliva or nervous tissue of a proven rabid animal or
animal reasonably suspected of having rabies that is not available for
laboratory diagnosis, the animal shall be considered to have been exposed to
rabies. An animal exposed to rabies shall be destroyed immediately by its
owner, the county Animal Control Officer or a peace officer unless the animal
has been vaccinated against rabies in accordance with this Part and the rules
of the Commission more than 28 days prior to being exposed, and is given a
booster dose of rabies vaccine within five days of the exposure. As an
alternative to destruction, the animal may be quarantined at a facility
approved by the local health director for a period up to six months, and under
reasonable conditions imposed by the local health director.The
recommendations and guidelines specified by the National Association of State
Public Health Veterinarians in the most current edition of the Compendium of
Animal Rabies Prevention and Control shall be the required control measures."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2017.