The following rules and regulations governing the inoculation of dogs and cats shall be applicable:
(A) Every owner of a dog or cat shall have the animal inoculated against rabies and require the animal to wear a rabies vaccination tag on a collar or harness.
(B) A State Board of Health certificate of animal rabies vaccination will be issued by a licensed veterinarian for each animal stating the name and address of owner, the name, breed, color and markings, age and sex of the animal and the veterinary or pharmaceutical control number of the vaccination. One copy of the certificate shall be given to the owner, and one copy shall be retained by the person administering the vaccine.
(C) With the issuance of the certificate, the veterinarian shall also furnish the owner with a serially numbered metal rabies vaccination tag bearing the same number and year as the certificate. The metal rabies vaccination tag shall bear the name of the veterinarian who administered the vaccination.
(D) The rabies vaccination tag issued by the veterinarian shall at all times be attached to a collar or harness worn by the animal for which it was issued and any animal not having a proper rabies inoculation license tag attached may be subject to impoundment.
(E) The owner shall have a valid certificate of rabies immunization readily available for inspection by competent authority.
(F) In the event that a rabies vaccination tag is lost, the owner will obtain a duplicate tag without delay.
(G) A certificate of rabies immunization issued by a licensed veterinarian from another state will be accepted as valid evidence of inoculation provided it is less than one year old.
(Ord. 1009, passed 2-2-09; Am. Ord. 2412, passed 10-15-12)