Every physician or other medical
practitioner who treats a person or persons for any animal bite/scratch, or any person
having knowledge of an animal bite/scratch, will immediately report such treatment to the
City Police Department.
(A) A person who knows of an animal bite
or scratch to an individual that the person could reasonably foresee as capable of
transmitting rabies, or who knows of an animal that the person suspects is rabid, will
report the incident or animal to the City Police Department immediately.
(B) The report must include the name and
address of the victim and of the animal's owner, if known, and any other information that
may help in locating the victim or animal.
(A) The Animal Control Division or a
veterinarian will quarantine or test any animal that is believed to be rabid, may have
been exposed to rabies or may have exposed a person to rabies.
(B) An owner will submit for quarantine
an animal that meets the following requirements:
(1) Is reported to be rabid or to have
exposed an individual to rabies; or
(2) The owner knows or suspects is rabid
or has exposed an individual to rabies.
(C) The quarantine period for all animals
will be in accordance with the requirements set by the State Board of Health.
(D) The animal will be quarantined at the
Shelter or at a veterinarian clinic of the owner's choice, at the owner's expense.
(E) If the animal cannot be maintained in
a secure quarantine, it shall be humanely destroyed and the brain submitted to a State
Department of Health certified laboratory for the rabies diagnosis.
(1) If owner of animal is known, the
owner will be obligated to pay costs of packaging and shipping.
(2) If owner is unknown, the city will be
obligated to pay costs of packaging and shipping.
