101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1853
 
Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
  
510 ILCS 5/8  from Ch. 8, par. 358

    Amends the Animal Control Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning
rabies inoculations.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning animals.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
4    Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing 
5Section 8 as follows:
 



6    (510 ILCS 5/8)  (from Ch. 8, par. 358)



7    Sec. 8. Rabies inoculation.  Every owner of a dog 4 months 
8or more of age shall have each dog
inoculated against rabies
by 
9a licensed veterinarian. Every dog shall
have a second rabies 
10vaccination within one year of the the first.  Terms of

11subsequent
vaccine administration and duration of immunity 
12must be in compliance with USDA
licenses of vaccines used. A 
13veterinarian immunizing a dog, cat, or ferret against rabies 
14shall provide the Administrator of the county in which the dog, 
15cat, or ferret resides with a certificate of immunization.  
16Evidence of such rabies
inoculation shall be entered on a 
17certificate the form of which shall be
approved by the Board 
18and which shall contain the microchip number of the dog, cat, 
19or ferret if it has one and which shall be signed by the 
20licensed
veterinarian administering the vaccine.  Only one dog, 
21cat, or ferret shall be included on each certificate. 
22Veterinarians who inoculate a dog
shall procure from the County 
23Animal
Control in the county where their office is located

 
 
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1serially
numbered tags, one to be issued with each inoculation 
2certificate.  The
Board shall cause a rabies
inoculation tag to 
3be issued, at a fee established by the Board
for each
dog 
4inoculated against rabies.

5    Rabies vaccine for use on animals shall be sold or 
6distributed only to
and used only by licensed veterinarians. 
7Such rabies vaccine shall be
licensed by the United States 
8Department of Agriculture.

9    If a licensed veterinarian determines in writing that a 
10rabies inoculation would compromise an animal's health, then 
11the animal shall be exempt from the rabies inoculation 
12requirement, however, the owner is still responsible for the 
13tag fees.
14    If a bite occurs from an exempt animal, the exempt animal 
15shall be treated as an unvaccinated animal.  If the animal is 
16exempt, the animal shall be re-examined by a licensed 
17veterinarian on no less than an annual basis and be vaccinated 
18against rabies as soon as the animal's health permits.
19(Source: P.A. 99-658, eff. 7-28-16.)