[Ord. No. 6.42 (Bill No. 2806), 9-16-2021]
All dogs and cats shall be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed
veterinarian in accordance with the latest "Compendium of Animal Rabies
Prevention and Control" (Rabies Compendium) published by the National
Association of State Public Health Veterinarians.
[Ord. No. 6.42 (Bill No. 2806), 9-16-2021]
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The Animal Control Officer shall prepare vaccination certificates
in quadruplicate, together with correspondingly numbered tags for
distribution to veterinarians in a form he/she deems is best calculated
to further the progress of the program provided for in this Article.
Spaces shall be provided for the following information and for such
other information as the Animal Control Officer may require to be
filled in by the veterinarians legally authorized to vaccinate animals:
[Ord. No. 6.42 (Bill No. 2806), 9-16-2021]
It shall be the duty of every veterinarian to be a registrar under this program and when vaccinating any animal to fill out in quadruplicate copies of the certificate obtained from the Animal Control Officer, with the information required in Section 210.220, and immediately present one (1) copy to the owner of the vaccinated animal and mail two (2) copies to the Animal Control Officer by the 10th day of the following month for filing and statistical purposes. The Animal Control Officer shall maintain cross files of certificates by the name of the owner and the number of the certificate. The remaining copy of the certificate shall be retained by the person performing the vaccination. The owner's copy of the certificate shall be retained by the owner of the vaccinated animal for inspection by the Animal Control Officer.
[Ord. No. 6.42 (Bill No. 2806), 9-16-2021]
Each registrar shall order from the City the number of certificates
and tags needed to perform his/her duties as a registrar, and pay
to the City with the order any applicable fee for each certificate
and tag ordered. The registrar shall be reimbursed and paid the fee
for each certificate and tag by the owner of or other person assuming
the responsibility over the dog or cat being vaccinated and registered.
[Ord. No. 6.42 (Bill No. 2806), 9-16-2021]
The fee for each combined unit of corresponding vaccination-registration
certificate and tag for the purpose of maintaining the system of vaccination-registration
established by this Article shall be established from time to time
by the City Council and adopted by resolution. Maintenance expenses
shall include materials, notification, filing, investigation, and
enforcement to increase and maintain a high level of rabies immunization
in the City.
[Ord. No. 6.42 (Bill No. 2806), 9-16-2021]
At the time of the vaccination of any animal pursuant to this
Article, the person performing the vaccination shall deliver to the
owner of the animal the tag obtained from the Animal Control Officer
as evidence of such inoculation. Every owner of a vaccinated animal
shall attach the tag evidencing rabies vaccination and registration
to the collar or harness of the vaccinated animal and such collar
or harness shall be worn by the animal at all times. Any animal without
a tag shall be deemed to be not vaccinated.
[Ord. No. 6.42 (Bill No. 2806), 9-16-2021]
No person shall divulge, distribute, disseminate, give, transfer,
show, make available or allow a copy to be made of the name or address
of any owner of an animal registered under this Article to or by any
person other than an officer of the City, State or Federal office
or department for the purpose of registration, tax collection, law
enforcement, or rabies or other disease control in his/her respective
jurisdiction; nor shall any of the persons authorized to be in possession
of such names and addresses use such information for any purposes
other than those allowed above, nor shall any other person make any
use, relating to animals, of any such name or address that has been
obtained as a direct or indirect result of the vaccination-registration
program provided for in this Article; nor shall any person pose as
or falsely claim to be an Animal Control Officer's employee or an
agent of the Animal Control Officer or any other governmental agency
while soliciting, or making a survey of the names or addresses of
animal owners in any area in which this Article is in effect.
[Ord. No. 6.42 (Bill No. 2806), 9-16-2021]
Registration shall not be transferred from animal to animal,
and no person shall affix a registration tag to an animal other than
the animal for which the tag was issued at the time of its rabies
vaccination-registration, nor shall any person affix a registration
tag to an animal that has not been vaccinated against rabies, nor
shall any person counterfeit, alter, obliterate, or attempt to counterfeit,
alter, or obliterate any rabies registration tags.
[Ord. No. 6.42 (Bill No. 2806), 9-16-2021]
All dogs and cats brought into the City shall comply with rabies
vaccination requirements. If such animal remains more than thirty
(30) days, such animal shall be registered in accordance with the
provisions of this Article. Any legally acceptable certificate of
rabies vaccination, the initial and residual efficiency of which has
been approved by the City, shall be exchanged for a current vaccination-registration
certificate and tag upon payment of any applicable fee.
