2025 Code of Georgia
Title 31 - Health (Chs. 1 — 54)
Chapter 19 - Control of Rabies (§§ 31-19-1 — 31-19-10)

Annotations

Opinion Notes

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Control of rabies generally is delegated to county boards of health

and control of dangerous drugs is vested with State Board of Pharmacy and state drug inspector (now director of Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency). 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-23.

Expense of confining animals exhibiting signs of rabies included in county board’s budget. —

Local county boards of health should prescribe rules for prevention and control of rabies by providing for vaccination, tagging, and certification of dogs, and for confinement of any animal which exhibits any signs of rabies; cost of such confinement would be an expense of county board of health to be included in the board’s budget which is submitted to local taxing authorities under provisions of Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-21.

Responsibility of county boards of health regarding strays and unwanted dogs. —

Local county boards of health should adopt rules and regulations relative to catching and impounding of strays and unwanted dogs. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-21.

Research References & Practice Aids

Administrative rules and regulations.

Rabies Control, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Department of Public Health, Disease Surveillance and Control, Rule 511-2-7-.01 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S.

3B C. J. S., Animals, § 126.

ALR.

Liability for injuries inflicted by rabid dog, 13 A. L. R. 492.

Constitutionality of “dog laws,” 49 A. L. R. 847.

Right to and measure of compensation for animals or trees destroyed to prevent spread of disease or infection, 67 A. L. R. 208.

Liability for injuries caused by cat, 68 A. L. R.4th 823.

Hierarchy Notes:

O. C. G. A. Title 31