If warm-blooded animal bites, scratches, or attacks a human being or exposes a human being to a possible rabies infection, or if the animal is suspected of having rabies, an individual having knowledge of the facts, including a veterinarian, shall immediately report those facts to the County police or, in the City of Annapolis, to the City police. The police officer who receives such a report shall immediately notify the Health Officer, the authorized and trained representative of the Health Officer, or the Agency. The individual or agency notified shall inform the animal owner in writing that it is the responsibility of the animal owner to take the animal to a licensed veterinarian to have the animal examined for rabies within 24 hours of the bite or scratch.
(1985 Code, Art. 12, § 6-102) (Bill No. 41-01)