(A) Vaccination required; exception. Every dog in the city over the age of four months must be vaccinated against rabies.
(B) Revaccination. Every person keeping, harboring or having a dog in the city that has been vaccinated with chick embryo vaccine must cause the dog to be revaccinated within a period of not more than two years after the prior vaccination.
(C) Tissue phenolized vaccine. Every person keeping, harboring or having a dog in the city which has been vaccinated with tissue phenolized vaccine must cause the dog to be revaccinated with rabies vaccine within a period of not more than one year after the prior vaccination.
(D) Vaccination certificate issuance. Every person practicing veterinary medicine in the city who vaccinates a dog with rabies vaccine will issue to the person keeping, harboring or having the dog a certificate, which is signed by the veterinarian and which states thereon the name and description of the dog, the date of the vaccination and the type of vaccine used.
(E) Certificate and tag; exhibition. Every person applying for a dog license will exhibit a certificate and rabies vaccination tag issued by a person licensed by the state or any other state or nation to practice veterinary medicine, which certificate must show that the dog for which the license will be issued either:
(1) Was vaccinated in accordance with this chapter; or
(2) Should not be vaccinated with rabies vaccine by reason of age, infirmity or other disability, which disability is shown on the face of the certificate and to the satisfaction of the person issuing the license to be in effect at the time.
(Ord. 1224, passed 2-16-10)