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2017 Maryland Code
Health - General
Title 18 - Disease Prevention
Subtitle 3 - Specific Diseases
Part III - Rabies
§ 18-320. Animal quarantine
Universal Citation: MD Health-Gen Code § 18-320 (2017)
- (a) In general. -- Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, an apparently healthy dog, cat, or ferret that has been adequately vaccinated against rabies in accordance with ยง 18-318 of this subtitle or any other animal that bites a human or otherwise exposes a human to rabies shall be quarantined as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
- (b) Place, manner, and length. -- An animal under quarantine shall be quarantined in a place, which may include the residence of the owner, in the manner designated by the local health officer or the public health veterinarian for a suitable period as determined by the health officer or the public health veterinarian.
- (c) Monitoring biting animal. --
- (1) At any time during the quarantine period, the public health veterinarian or local health officer may order the owner of a biting animal to have the animal monitored for rabies by a licensed veterinarian.
- (2) The owner of the animal shall pay for the cost of any examination or other associated cost.
- (d) Limitations on moving quarantined animal. -- An animal under quarantine may not be moved from the place of quarantine without the written permission of the local health officer or public health veterinarian.
- (e) Destruction of biting animal for rabies testing. -- The public health veterinarian or local health officer or the designee of the public health veterinarian or local health officer may order the immediate and humane destruction of a biting animal for rabies testing if:
- (1) It is necessary to preserve human health;
- (2) A licensed veterinarian determines that a quarantined animal is inhumanely suffering; or
- (3) The animal is considered wild and is not claimed by an owner within 24 hours.
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