Part 3B

Vaccination[Added by Ord. 72-4; suspended by Ord. 92-10]

Every person keeping, harboring or having any dog over four months of age in the City of Lakewood shall cause such dog to be vaccinated with rabies vaccine by a person licensed by the State of California, or other State to practice veterinary medicine, on or before the latest of the following dates:

• A. Eighteen months after vaccination with approved Killed Virus Vaccine;

• B. Thirty months after vaccination with approved Live Virus Vaccine;

• C. Fifteen days after first acquiring such dog;

• D. Fifteen days after bringing such dog into the City.

Every person keeping, harboring, or having a dog in the City which has been vaccinated with approved Live Virus Vaccine shall cause such dog to be revaccinated within a period of not more than thirty months after such prior vaccination.

Every person keeping, harboring, or having a dog in the City which has been vaccinated with approved Killed Virus Vaccine shall cause such dog to be revaccinated within a period of not more than eighteen months after such prior vaccination.

Every person practicing veterinary medicine in the City who vaccinates a dog with rabies vaccine shall issue to the person to whom he delivers the dog the original of a certificate signed by the said veterinarian which states:

• A. The name and address of the owner or harborer of the vaccinated dog;

• B. The kind of vaccine used, the name of the manufacturer and the manufacturer's serial or lot number, the date of vaccination;

• C. The breed, age, color and sex of the vaccinated dog.

This part does not apply to any approved research institution.