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CHAPTER 258 ANIMAL CONTROL AND PROTECTION
258.055 Quarantine in case of rabies epidemic -- Emergency vaccinations.
Download pdfHealth and Family Services that there is danger that rabies may spread within the county,
the board shall publish a notice requiring owners of specified animals in the affected area
of the county to confine the animals for any periods that may be necessary to prevent the
spread of rabies. If it is deemed advisable in the interest of public health, the local board
of health shall order all specified animals in the affected area to be vaccinated against
rabies, except animals that have been vaccinated within the past six (6) months under the
provisions of KRS 258.005 to 258.087. If the local board fails or neglects to order a
vaccination, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall do so. The Cabinet for
Health and Family Services may aid the local health department in the execution of any
emergency vaccinations. Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 571, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 6, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 426, sec. 518, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 6,
effective June 17, 1954.
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