A. Official procedure for bite cases shall be as follows:
1. When the animal control officer receives information that a person has been bitten by an animal, the animal owner shall be instructed to have the animal examined by his veterinarian within twenty four (24) hours.
2. If the animal bite occurred off the animal owner's property or when the animal was left without proper control, a citation shall be written against the animal owner.
3. The animal control officer shall fill out the Cook County animal bite report in full and he shall send this report, within twenty four (24) hours, to the local public health department or to the Cook County department of animal control.
4. All animals that bite must be impounded for ten (10) days, following the first examination.
5. Impoundment at home or at a facility under the observation of a licensed veterinarian shall be dependent upon a current rabies vaccination and the ability of the animal owner to confine the biting animal.
6. When an owner of a biting animal has no personal veterinarian, or refuses to obtain the services of a veterinarian, the animal control officer shall have the animal impounded for the ten (10) days. The city shall provide a service for the impoundment of biting animals.
7. A record shall be made of all impounded animals. The record shall include the animal owner's name, address and telephone number, if available; species or breed, color, sex and license or tag number, if available; and the time and date impounded.
8. The veterinarian examining the biting animal shall fill out and then send, within twenty four (24) hours, the Cook County rabies observation notice to the Cook County department of animal control.
9. Following the examination of the biting animal at the end of the ten (10) day confinement period, the veterinarian shall complete the Cook County rabies release report and he shall send this report, within twenty four (24) hours, to the Cook County department of animal control.
B. The animal owner is responsible for all costs relating to the examination and impoundment of the biting animal.
C. Any person having knowledge of a biting animal that has not been properly examined and who does not report this fact to the animal control officer is in violation of this chapter.
D. It is unlawful for the owner of a biting animal to euthanize, sell, give away or otherwise dispose of such animal until it is released by the Cook County animal control administrator or his authorized representative. (1970 Code §12-4.05, as amended)