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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6187
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross 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. Makes technical changes in a Section
concerning
rabies inoculations.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6187 |
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LRB093 15719 RAS 41329 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to animals.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing
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| Section 8 as follows:
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| (510 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 8, par. 358)
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| Sec. 8. Rabies inoculation.
Every owner of a dog 4 months |
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| or more of
age shall have each dog
inoculated against rabies
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| a licensed veterinarian. Every dog shall
have a second rabies |
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| vaccination within one year of the first. Terms of
subsequent
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| vaccine administration and duration of immunity must be in |
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| compliance with USDA
licenses of vaccines used. Evidence of |
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| such rabies
inoculation shall be entered on a certificate the |
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| form of which shall be
approved by the Board and which shall be |
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| signed by the licensed
veterinarian administering the vaccine. |
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| Veterinarians who inoculate a dog
shall procure from the County |
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| Animal
Control serially
numbered tags, one to be issued with |
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| each inoculation certificate. Only one dog
shall be included on |
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| each certificate. The veterinarian immunizing or
microchipping |
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| an animal
shall
provide the
Administrator with a certificate of |
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| immunization and microchip number. The
Board shall cause a |
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| rabies
inoculation tag to be issued, at a fee established by |
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| the Board
for each
dog inoculated against rabies.
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| Rabies vaccine for use on animals shall be sold or |
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| distributed only to
licensed veterinarians. Such rabies |
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| vaccine shall be
licensed by the United States Department of |
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| Agriculture.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)
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