(A) Every owner of a dog or cat four months of age, within the county, shall cause such dog or cat to be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian as established by regulations set forth in 510 ILCS 5/8.
(B) Evidence of such vaccination shall be entered upon a certificate which shall be signed by the veterinarian administering the vaccine and the name of the clinic, hospital, or facility with which said veterinarian is affiliated.
(C) (1) Evidence of such rabies inoculation shall be entered on a certificate which shall be signed by the veterinarian administering the vaccine and the name of the clinic, hospital, or facility with which said veterinarian is affiliated. Veterinarians who inoculate a dog or cat shall procure from the County Animal Control in the county where their office is located serially numbered tags, one to be issued with each inoculation certificate. Only one dog shall be included on each certificate.
(2) The veterinarian immunizing or micro chipping an animal shall provide the Administrator with a certificate of immunization and microchip number if it has one. The Board shall cause a rabies inoculation tag to be issued, at a fee established by the Board for each dog or cat inoculated against rabies by providing inoculation tags to veterinarians located within the county or by request of veterinarians outside the county. Established fees shall be collected by the veterinarians and submitted to the County Animal Control Facility in a manner agreed upon by the Administrator and the individual veterinarians.
(D) The vaccination registration certificate shall contain information pertaining to one pet only.
(E) Further rabies control shall be earned out as established in the state Animal Control Act.
(Prior Code, § 5-1-3) (Ord. 2005-1116, passed 11-15-2005)
Statutory reference:
Confinement of animals exhibiting signs of rabies, see 510 ILCS 5/13 et seq.