A.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age in
the Borough of Kinnelon shall annually apply for and procure from
the Borough Clerk or other official designated by the governing body
thereof to license dogs, a license and official registration tag for
each such dog so owned, kept or harbored, and shall place upon each
such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened
thereto.
B.
The Borough Clerk or other official designated by the governing body
to license dogs therein shall not grant any such license and official
registration tag for any dog unless the owner thereof provides evidence
that the dog to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with
a rabies vaccine of a type approved by and administered in accordance
with the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture
and the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,
or has been certified exempt as provided by regulations of the New
Jersey State Department of Health. Such vaccination shall be repeated
at intervals as provided by regulations of the New Jersey State Department
of Health, and shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian
or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same. The
New Jersey State Department of Health shall promulgate regulations
providing for the recognized duration of immunity, interval of inoculation,
certificate of vaccination, certificate of exemption, and such other
matters related to this article.
C.
The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age or of any dog
which attains licensing age, shall make application for license and
registration tag for such dog within 10 days after such acquisition
or age attainment.
D.
The Board of Health is hereby authorized and empowered to provide
free vaccination for such dog or other such warm-blooded animal at
a suitable clinic and place designated by it, to be conducted by a
duly licensed veterinarian and certified animal control officer or
licensed registered environmental health specialist of the State of
New Jersey. Said Board of Health is hereby further authorized and
empowered to make and adopt such rules and regulations, not inconsistent
or in conflict with the terms and provisions of this article, as it
may deem proper and necessary for the carrying out of the purposes
of this article.
A.
The Board of Health, within its jurisdiction, may serve notice upon
the owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other animal which
has attacked or bitten a person, to confine the animal at the expense
of the owner or person in charge of it upon the premises of the owner
or person in charge or at some other place designated in the notice,
for at least 10 days after the animal has attacked or bitten a person.
B.
Prior to releasing any dog or other such warm-blooded animal confined
under the provisions of this article, a duly licensed veterinarian,
a certified animal control officer or, in their absence, a licensed
registered environmental health specialist of the State of New Jersey
shall issue a certificate to the Board of Health, stating the physical
condition of such animal at the end of the ten-day period of confinement.
If the certificate indicates the release of the said animal is not
warranted by reason of its physical condition at the end of the ten-day
period of confinement, the animal shall be confined at the expense
of the person, firm or corporation owning, possessing, harboring or
having custody of such animal until such time as the veterinarian,
a certified animal control officer or, in their absence, a licensed
registered environmental health specialist of the State of New Jersey
certifies that its physical condition warrants its release.
A.
Whenever a dog, cat or other such warm-blooded animal is infected
with rabies or suspected of being infected with rabies or has been
bitten by an animal known to be infected with rabies, the person,
firm or corporation owning, possessing, harboring or having custody
of such animal shall forthwith notify the Board of Health.
B.
Every physician, within 12 hours after his first professional attendance
upon any person bitten by a warm-blooded animal, shall report the
same to the Board of Health.
C.
The parent, guardian or other custodian of a child or an adult, or,
if he is incapacitated, the person caring for such adult, bitten by
a dog, cat or other such warm-blooded animal, shall, within 12 hours
after the biting, report the same to the Board of Health.
Any person, firm or corporation violating this article shall
be subject, upon conviction, to one or more of the following at the
discretion of the court:
