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2019 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 19 - Animals
Subchapter 3 - Rabies Control Act
§ 20-19-309. Area Quarantine
Universal Citation: AR Code § 20-19-309 (2019)
(a)
(1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall place certain areas under a rabies quarantine upon request of proper local officials.
(2) In serious situations, the secretary may place the area under quarantine without waiting for a local request.
(b) The occurrence of three (3) or more positive rabies cases in animals shall be sufficient basis for placing an area under quarantine.
(c) The positive rabies cases shall be laboratory-confirmed by the Public Health Laboratory or any other laboratory acceptable to or approved by the secretary.
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