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92_HB5035
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1 AN ACT in relation to 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. Every owner of a dog 4 months or more of age not
8 confined at all times to an enclosed area, shall cause the
9 such dog to be inoculated against rabies by a licensed
10 veterinarian at whatever such intervals as may hereafter be
11 established by regulations pursuant to this Act. Evidence of
12 such rabies inoculation shall be entered on a certificate the
13 form of which shall be approved by the Board and which shall
14 be signed by the licensed veterinarian administering the
15 vaccine. The Board shall cause a rabies inoculation tag to be
16 issued, at a fee established by the Board for each dog
17 inoculated against rabies.
18 Rabies vaccine for use on animals shall be sold or
19 distributed only to and used only by licensed veterinarians.
20 Such Rabies vaccine shall be licensed by the United States
21 Department of Agriculture and approved by the Department.
22 (Source: P.A. 78-1166.)