(A) Any animal which has caused injury and/or death to a human by means of a bite and/or scratch shall be quarantined. The quarantine shall be consistent with the practices, rules, and regulations of the County Health Department and the State Board of Animal Health.
(B) (1) Any owner or caretaker who fails to properly quarantine his or her animal is subject to citation for violation of this chapter, and the animal may be impounded at the animal shelter, a licensed animal clinic, or animal hospital for the reminder of its quarantine period.
(2) The owner or caretaker shall be responsible for all applicable fees, as set forth in § 93.005, during the quarantine period, if held at the animal shelter.
(C) Any animal whose owner is unavailable or incapable of quarantining the animal is subject to the animal being taken by an animal control officer and quarantined at the animal shelter, a licensed animal clinic, or an animal hospital for the quarantine period.
(D) (1) Any owner of an animal which must be quarantined may elect to board such animal at the animal shelter for the quarantine period, if space is available.
(2) Any owner of an animal which must be quarantined may elect to surrender such animal to the animal shelter, the owner shall be responsible for all applicable fees, as set forth in § 93.005, during the quarantine period, if held at, or surrendered to, the animal shelter.
(E) Any quarantined animal not reclaimed by an owner within 24 hours of the expiration of the prescribed period of quarantine shall be humanely euthanized.
(F) Any human bitten and/or scratched by an animal, or any physician, other medical professional, or medical institution treating such an injury, shall report the bite and/or scratch to the animal shelter and/or the County Health Department within 24 hours.
(G) Any animal that cannot be vaccinated against rabies with an approved rabies vaccine, or any animal which has no established rabies quarantine observation period, which bites and/or scratches a human, is to be euthanized, and its head shall be sent to the State Department of Heath for examination at the expense of its owner or harborer for examination for rabies.
(Ord. 2015-14, passed 12-1-2015) Penalty, see § 93.999