CHAPTER 1. Rabies Control
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7.
§§ 121575–121710 · 27 sections
- § 121575 “Rabies,” as used in this chapter, includes rabies, and any other animal disease dangerous to human beings that may be declared by the department as coming…
- § 121580 “Quarantine,” as used in this chapter, means the strict confinement, upon the private premises of the owner, under restraint by leash, closed cage, or paddock,…
- § 121585 “Rabies area” shall mean any area not less than a county as determined by the director within a region where the existence of rabies constitutes a public…
- § 121595 Whenever any case of rabies is reported as existing in any county or city, the department shall make, or cause to be made, a preliminary investigation as to…
- § 121600 If upon the investigation the department finds that rabies exists, a quarantine shall be declared against all animals as are designated in the quarantine…
- § 121605 Following the order of quarantine the department shall make or cause to be made a thorough investigation as to the extent of the disease, the probable number…
- § 121610 The department may substitute for the quarantine order regulations as may be deemed adequate for the control of the disease in each area.
- § 121615 All peace officers and boards of health shall carry out the provisions of this chapter.
- § 121620 During the period for which any quarantine order is in force any officer may kill or in his or her discretion capture and hold for further action by the…
- § 121625 Any proper official within the meaning of this chapter may examine and enter upon all private premises for the enforcement of this chapter.
- § 121630 Except as provided in Sections 121705 and 121710, every person who possesses or holds any animal in violation of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an…
- § 121635 For the purpose of providing funds to pay expenses incurred in connection with the eradication of rabies, the rabies treatment and eradication fund is…
- § 121640 All money collected for dog license taxes shall be deposited to the credit of this fund with the treasurer of the county or city; but funds now collected from…
- § 121645 Upon the determination by the department that rabies exists in any county or city, a special dog license tax shall immediately become effective, unless a dog…
- § 121650 This tax shall be levied as follows: An annual tax of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each male, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for each female,…
- § 121655 After this dog license tax has been established in a county or city, it shall be continued in force until an order has been issued by the department declaring…
- § 121660 One half of all fines collected by any court or judge for violations of this chapter shall be placed to the credit of the rabies treatment and eradication fund…
- § 121665 Whenever it becomes necessary in the judgment of the department, to enforce this chapter in any county or city, the department may institute special measures…
- § 121670 All expenditures incurred in enforcing the special measures shall be proper charges against the special fund referred to in this chapter, and shall be paid as…
- § 121675 All expenditures in excess of the balance of money in this fund shall likewise be paid as they accrue from the general fund. All money thus expended from the…
- § 121680 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter a guide dog serving a blind master shall not be quarantined, in the absence of evidence that he or she has…
- § 121685 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a dog used by any state, county, city, or city and county law enforcement agency shall not be quarantined…
- § 121690 In rabies areas, all of the following shall apply: (a) Every owner of a dog, after the dog attains the age of four months, shall no less than once every two…
- § 121695 Nothing in this chapter and Section 120435 is intended or shall be construed to limit the power of any city, city and county, or county in its authority in the…
- § 121700 Rabies vaccines for animal use shall not be supplied to other than a veterinary biologic supply firm, a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine under…
- § 121705 Any person who willfully conceals information about the location or ownership of an animal subject to rabies, that has bitten or otherwise exposed a person to…
- § 121710 Any person who, after notice, violates any order of a local health officer concerning the isolation or quarantine of an animal of a species subject to rabies,…