2019 Code of Alabama
Title 3 - Animals.
Chapter 7A - Rabies.
Section 3-7A-13 - Placement of area under quarantine; additional measures.

Universal Citation: AL Code § 3-7A-13 (2019)
Section 3-7A-13Placement of area under quarantine; additional measures.

(a) The State Health Officer, upon request of authorized local officials, may place certain areas of the state under a rabies quarantine to prevent the spread of rabies. In extreme situations, the State Health Officer may place the area under quarantine without waiting for local request.

(b) Whenever the State Health Officer or local health authorities are convinced that the situation is conducive to the spread of rabies, additional measures may be imposed as are deemed necessary to prevent the spread of rabies among dogs, cats, and other animals.

(Acts 1990, No. 90-530, p. 816, §13.)
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