The county boards of health are empowered and required to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations requiring canines and felines to be inoculated against rabies and to prescribe the intervals and means of inoculation, the fees to be paid in county sponsored clinics, that procedures be in compliance with the recommendations of the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians for identifying inoculated canines and felines, and all other procedures applicable thereto. As used in this chapter, the term “inoculation against rabies” means the administering by a licensed veterinarian of antirabies vaccine approved by the department.
History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 448, § 3; Code 1933, § 88-1505, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 834, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2089, § 1.
Law reviews.
For note, “Puppies, Puppies, Puppies: Why Georgia Should ‘Adopt’ a Progressive Puppy Lemon Law and Engage in Much-Needed Statutory Reform,” see 55 Ga. L. Rev. 431 (2020).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 19 - Control of Rabies
§ 31-19-1. Responsibility for Control
§ 31-19-2. Powers of Department in Infected Area
§ 31-19-3. Licensing and Regulation of Animals by Local Authorities
§ 31-19-4. Duty of Notification
§ 31-19-5. Inoculation of Canines and Felines Against Rabies
§ 31-19-7. County Rabies Control Officer
§ 31-19-8. Joint Administration of Chapter by Adjoining Counties
§ 31-19-9. Applicability to Municipalities With Rabies Control Laws