R9-6-502. Management of Exposed Animals

A. An animal control agency shall manage an exposed dog, cat, or ferret as follows: 1. If the exposed dog, cat, or ferret is currently vaccinated, the animal control agency shall: a. Revaccinate the animal with an approved rabies vaccine within seven days after the date that the animal is exposed; and b. Confine and observe the animal in the owner’s home or, at the owner’s expense, in a veterinary hospital or the animal control agency’s facility, as determined by the animal control agency, for 45 days after the animal is exposed; or 2. If the exposed dog, cat, or ferret is not currently vaccinated, the animal control agency shall: a. Euthanize the animal; or b. At the owner’s request, confine the animal for 120 days, at the owner’s expense, in a veterinary hospital or the animal control agency’s facility, as determined by the animal control agency, and vaccinate the animal with an approved rabies vaccine 28 days before it is released from confinement. B. An animal control agency that is aware of an exposed animal, other than a cat, dog, ferret, or livestock, shall: 1. Make every effort to capture the exposed animal as soon as it is identified, and 2. Euthanize the animal as soon as it is captured. C. An animal control agency shall release from confinement a dog, cat, or ferret exposed to a suspect case when the animal control agency receives a negative rabies report on the suspect case from the Department. D. Livestock shall be handled according to A.A.C. R3-2-408.