130A-185. Vaccination required.
(a) Vaccination required. - The owner of an animal listed in this subsection over four months of age shall have the animal vaccinated against rabies:
(1) Cat.
(2) Dog.
(3) Ferret.
(b) Vaccination. - Only animal rabies vaccine licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture and approved by the Commission shall be used on animals in this State. A rabies vaccine may only be administered by one or more of the following:
(1) A licensed veterinarian.
(2) A registered veterinary technician under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
(3) A certified rabies vaccinator. (1935, c. 122, s. 1; 1941, c. 259, s. 2; 1953, c. 876, s. 2; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 2009-327, s. 2.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 6 - Communicable Diseases.
§ 130A-134 - Reportable diseases and conditions.
§ 130A-135 - Physicians to report.
§ 130A-136 - School principals and child care operators to report.
§ 130A-137 - Medical facilities may report.
§ 130A-138 - Operators of restaurants and other food or drink establishments to report.
§ 130A-139 - Persons in charge of laboratories to report.
§ 130A-140 - Local health directors to report.
§ 130A-141 - Form, content and timing of reports.
§ 130A-141.1 - Temporary order to report.
§ 130A-142 - Immunity of persons who report.
§ 130A-143 - Confidentiality of records.
§ 130A-144 - Investigation and control measures.
§ 130A-145 - Quarantine and isolation authority.
§ 130A-146 - Transportation of bodies of persons who have died of reportable diseases.
§ 130A-147 - Rules of the Commission.
§ 130A-148 - Laboratory tests for AIDS virus infection.
§ 130A-149 - Recodified as G.S130A-479 by Session Laws 2002-179, s2, effective October 1, 2002.
§ 130A-150 - Statewide surveillance and reporting system.
§ 130A-152 - Immunization required.
§ 130A-154 - Certificate of immunization.
§ 130A-155.1 - Submission of certificate to college or universities.
§ 130A-156 - Medical exemption.
§ 130A-157 - Religious exemption.
§ 130A-158 - Restitution required when vaccine spoiled due to provider negligence.
§ 130A-158.5 - Access to North Carolina Immunization Registry.
§ 130A-185 - Vaccination required.
§ 130A-186 - Appointment and certification of certified rabies vaccinator.
§ 130A-187 - County rabies vaccination clinics.
§ 130A-189 - Rabies vaccination certificates.
§ 130A-190 - Rabies vaccination tags.
§ 130A-191 - Possession and distribution of rabies vaccine.
§ 130A-192 - Animals not wearing required rabies vaccination tags.
§ 130A-193 - Vaccination and confinement of animals brought into this State.
§ 130A-194 - Quarantine of districts infected with rabies.
§ 130A-195 - Destroying stray or feral animals in quarantine districts.
§ 130A-196 - Notice and confinement of biting animals.
§ 130A-197 - Management of dogs, cats, and ferrets exposed to rabies.
§ 130A-199 - Rabid animals to be destroyed; heads to be sent to State Laboratory of Public Health.