(A) When reports indicate a positive diagnosis of rabies to the extent that lives of persons are endangered, the Health Director may declare an area-wide quarantine for a period as he or she deems necessary. Upon invoking the emergency quarantine, no dog, cat, or equine may be taken or shipped from the county without written permission of the Health Director. During the quarantine, the Health Director, law enforcement officers, or persons duly authorized by the Health Director, may seize and impound any dog, cat, or equine found running at large in the county. During the quarantine period, the Health Director shall be empowered to provide for a program of mass immunization by the establishment of temporary emergency rabies vaccination facilities strategically located throughout the county.
(B) In the event there are additional positive cases of rabies occurring during the period of quarantine, the period of quarantine may be extended at the discretion of the Health Director.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008)