Bill Text: NY S06244 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Exempts certain police work dogs, that may bite an individual in the course of their official duty, from confinement and observation periods.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-13 - PRINT NUMBER 6244A [S06244 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06244-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6244--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 17, 2012
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       Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favora-
         bly from said committee and committed to the  Committee  on  Rules  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  exempting  police
         dogs from confinement and observation
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2140 of the public health law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  510  of  the  laws  of 2011, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    7. "Confinement and observation" refers to the conditions under  which
    5  apparently  healthy dogs, cats, domesticated ferrets, and domestic live-
    6  stock, which are not exhibiting symptoms of rabies, must  be  maintained
    7  to  determine  rabies status if such an animal has potentially exposed a
    8  person to rabies, and the owner wishes to avoid euthanizing and  testing
    9  the  animal.  If  the  county  health  authority  does  not approve home
   10  confinement, the ten day confinement and observation  period  must  take
   11  place,  at owner's expense, at an appropriate facility such as an animal
   12  shelter, veterinarian's office, kennel or  farm.  The  confinement  must
   13  include  (i)  provisions  to  prevent  escape  of  the animal during the
   14  confinement period and (ii)  requirements  that  the  owner  notify  the
   15  public health authority immediately if the animal becomes ill at anytime
   16  during confinement, and (iii) verification by the county health authori-
   17  ty or their designee at the end of the ten day period that the animal is
   18  healthy. IF A POLICE WORK DOG BITES AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE COURSE OF THEIR
   19  OFFICIAL DUTY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY APPLY FOR A WAIVER FROM CONFINE-
   20  MENT  FROM  THE  LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A WAIVER
   21  THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH  AN
   22  UPDATED RABIES VACCINATION RECORD.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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