Full Text of SB2270 100th General Assembly
SB2270 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB2270 Introduced 1/10/2018, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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510 ILCS 5/8 | from Ch. 8, par. 358 |
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Amends the Animal Control Act. Provides that every owner of a cat, that is 4 months or more of age, shall have each cat inoculated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian. Exempts feral cats. Provides that veterinarians who inoculate a cat shall procure from the County Animal Control in the county where their office is located serially numbered tags, one to be issued with each inoculation certificate. Provides that the county board shall cause a rabies inoculation tag to be issued, at a fee established by the county board for each cat inoculated against rabies.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning animals.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 8 as follows:
| 6 | | (510 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 8, par. 358)
| 7 | | Sec. 8. Rabies inoculation. Every owner of a dog or cat, 4 | 8 | | months or more of age , shall have each dog or cat
inoculated | 9 | | against rabies
by a licensed veterinarian. This provision shall | 10 | | not apply to a feral cat as defined in Section 2.11b of this | 11 | | Act. Every dog or cat shall
have a second rabies vaccination | 12 | | within one year of the first. Terms of
subsequent
vaccine | 13 | | administration and duration of immunity must be in compliance | 14 | | with USDA
licenses of vaccines used. A veterinarian immunizing | 15 | | a dog, cat, or ferret against rabies shall provide the | 16 | | Administrator of the county in which the dog, cat, or ferret | 17 | | resides with a certificate of immunization. Evidence of such | 18 | | rabies
inoculation shall be entered on a certificate the form | 19 | | of which shall be
approved by the Board and which shall contain | 20 | | the microchip number of the dog, cat, or ferret if it has one | 21 | | and which shall be signed by the licensed
veterinarian | 22 | | administering the vaccine. Only one dog, cat, or ferret shall | 23 | | be included on each certificate. Veterinarians who inoculate a |
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| 1 | | dog or cat
shall procure from the County Animal
Control in the | 2 | | county where their office is located
serially
numbered tags, | 3 | | one to be issued with each inoculation certificate. The
Board | 4 | | shall cause a rabies
inoculation tag to be issued, at a fee | 5 | | established by the Board
for each
dog or cat inoculated against | 6 | | rabies.
| 7 | | Rabies vaccine for use on animals shall be sold or | 8 | | distributed only to
and used only by licensed veterinarians. | 9 | | Such rabies vaccine shall be
licensed by the United States | 10 | | Department of Agriculture.
| 11 | | If a licensed veterinarian determines in writing that a | 12 | | rabies inoculation would compromise an animal's health, then | 13 | | the animal shall be exempt from the rabies inoculation | 14 | | requirement, however, the owner is still responsible for the | 15 | | tag fees. | 16 | | If a bite occurs from an exempt animal, the exempt animal | 17 | | shall be treated as an unvaccinated animal. If the animal is | 18 | | exempt, the animal shall be re-examined by a licensed | 19 | | veterinarian on no less than an annual basis and be vaccinated | 20 | | against rabies as soon as the animal's health permits. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 99-658, eff. 7-28-16.)
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