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2025 Delaware Code
Title 3 - Agriculture
Chapter 82. RABIES CONTROL IN ANIMAL AND HUMAN POPULATIONS
Subchapter I. Rabies Control in Animal and Human Populations
§ 8203. Reporting of rabies.
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§ 8203. Reporting of rabies. 66 Del. Laws, c. 247, § 1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 326, § 1; 83 Del. Laws, c. 32, § 2;
Any medical practitioner, hospital, veterinarian, or other person having knowledge of the following situations shall report the facts within 12 hours by telephone, email, fax, or in person as follows:
(1) Any suspected or confirmed case of human rabies to the Division.
(2) Any suspected or confirmed case of animal rabies to the Department.
(3) Any human known or suspected of having been exposed to rabies to the Division.
(4) Any animal known or suspected of having been exposed to rabies to the Department.
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