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258.005 Definitions for KRS 258.005 to 258.087.
As used in KRS 258.005 to 258.087, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Dog" means any canine three (3) months of age or older for which there exists a
United States Department of Agriculture approved rabies vaccine;
(2) "Owner" means any person owning, keeping, or harboring a dog, cat, or ferret in
Kentucky;
(3) "Veterinarian" means a licensed practitioner of veterinary medicine;
(4) "Qualified person" means a person granted a permit by the secretary for health and
family services to vaccinate his own dog against rabies;
(5) "Vaccination" means the administration by a veterinarian or other qualified person
of rabies vaccine approved by and administered in accordance with administrative
regulations promulgated by the secretary for health and family services;
(6) "Cat" means any feline three (3) months of age or older for which there exists a
United States Department of Agriculture approved rabies vaccine;
(7) "Animal control officer" means an individual who is employed or appointed by, or
has contracted with:
(a) A city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local
government to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the
Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to cruelty, mistreatment, or torture of
animals, and local animal control ordinances; or
(b) An entity that has contracted with a city, county, urban-county, charter county,
or consolidated local government to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the
provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to cruelty, mistreatment,
or torture of animals, and local animal control ordinances;
(8) "Ferret" means any musteline three (3) months of age or older for which there exists
a United States Department of Agriculture approved rabies vaccine; and
(9) "Quarantine" means the confinement of an animal for observation of clinical signs
of illness indicating rabies infection, and the prevention of escape or contact with
any person or other animal.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 568, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
2004 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 426, sec. 514, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 37, sec. 1,
effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(1). -Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1954.
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