Rolling Hills Municipal Code Ch. 6.20 Rabies Vaccination

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For statutory provisions on rabies control, see Health and Saf. Code § 1900 et seq.

A. Every person keeping, harboring or having any dog over four months of age in the City shall cause such dog to be vaccinated with a 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:

1. Eighteen months after vaccination with approved killed virus vaccine; or

2. Thirty months after vaccination with live virus vaccine; or

3. Fifteen days after first acquiring such dog; or

4. Fifteen days after bringing such dog into the City; or

5. Fifteen days after such dog reaches the age of four months.

B. All unvaccinated dogs under four months of age shall be confined to the property or premises of or kept under physical restraint by the owner.

(Ord. 136 § 501, 1976).

(Ord. No. 339, § 2, 11-10-2014)

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.

(Ord. 136 § 502, 1976).

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.

(Ord. 136 § 503, 1976).

Every person practicing veterinary medicine 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 veterinarian which states:

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

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

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

(Ord. 136 § 504, 1976).