2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 258 - ANIMAL CONTROL AND PROTECTION 258.015 Dogs, cats, and ferrets to be vaccinated against rabies -- Issuance and distribution of certificates -- Tags for dogs -- Requirements for compliance by qualified persons -- Cat and ferret owners -- Feral cats.
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258.015 Dogs, cats, and ferrets to be vaccinated against rabies -- Issuance
and distribution of certificates -- Tags for dogs -- Requirements for
compliance by qualified persons -- Cat and ferret owners -- Feral cats.
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Every owner shall have his dog, cat, or ferret initially vaccinated against rabies
by the age of four (4) months and revaccinated at the expiration of the
immunization period as certified by the veterinarian. The veterinarian who
vaccinates a dog, cat, or ferret shall issue to the owner a vaccination certificate
on a form approved by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The
vaccination certificate shall be prepared and issued in duplicate, one (1) copy
to be retained by the issuing veterinarian and one (1) copy to be given to the
owner of the dog, cat, or ferret vaccinated. Each certificate shall bear the name
and address of the veterinarian who issued it. The veterinarian shall also
furnish each dog owner with a rabies tag bearing a serial number
corresponding to the vaccination certificate with the year of immunization. The
tag shall be affixed to a collar or harness furnished by the owner and shall be
worn by the dog for which the tag was issued. No one except the owner or his
duly authorized agent shall remove the tag.
Every qualified person who vaccinates his own dog shall comply with the
vaccination certificate and tag requirement provisions of subsection (1) of this
section.
Every owner of a cat or ferret shall show proof of a valid rabies vaccination
upon request of an animal control officer or peace officer.
Any person with feral cats on his premises shall make a reasonable effort to
capture or vaccinate the cats.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 569, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 3, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 515, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1978 Ky.
Acts ch. 37, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74,
Art. VI, sec. 107(1). -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 2, effective June 17,
1954.
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