(A) In the event any person is bitten by a dog or cat or any other animal within the city limits it shall become the duty of the person or owner of the animal with knowledge thereof, to report the incident to the Police Department and/or Animal Control Division within four hours thereafter. It shall also be the duty of every attending practitioner licensed to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, veterinary medicine, or any other knowing of, or in attendance on the case, to promptly report to the Police Department and or Animal Control Division every instance in which a person is bitten by a dog or other animal, within four hours thereafter. Non compliance with the above shall be deemed a violation of this section.
(B) Any dog or other animal reported to have bitten a person shall be captured alive if possible and shall be quarantined at a place designated for that purpose under observation for a period of ten days. Place of quarantine is a designated building or structure determined by animal control, police, county or state health officer. Any relocation of quarantined animal without written authorization from animal control, police, county or state health officer, or walking of a quarantined animal without a designated muzzle, leash, and/or designated person, shall be deemed a violation of this section punishable by citation of $500.00 and or designated place of quarantine may be changed to a local veterinarian or the animal may be seized by animal control, police, or county health officer and quarantined at Broward Animal Care and Regulation at the owner’s expense. At the end of quarantine the animal may be destroyed if not redeemed by the owner or custodian within three days or 72 hours. Any animal suspected of being infected with the rabies virus shall be released by its owner or custodian to the Animal Control Division, Police Department, or County Health officer for laboratory analysis by a licensed veterinarian. If the dog or other animal is killed or dies during the quarantined period, the head must be detached without mutilation and submitted to the local State Board of Health laboratory without delay. No liability to the owner of the dog shall attach to the city by virtue of any procedure by the County Health Officer. Non-compliance with the above shall be deemed a violation of this section punishable by a $500.00 fine.
(Ord. 2000-63, passed 6-13-00) Penalty, see § 90.99