93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6187

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 5/8   from Ch. 8, par. 358

    Amends the Animal Control Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning rabies inoculations.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT in relation to animals.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing
5 Section 8 as follows:
 
6     (510 ILCS 5/8)  (from Ch. 8, par. 358)
7     Sec. 8. Rabies inoculation. Every owner of a dog 4 months
8 or more of age shall have each dog inoculated against rabies by
9 a licensed veterinarian. Every dog shall have a second rabies
10 vaccination within one year of the first. Terms of subsequent
11 vaccine administration and duration of immunity must be in
12 compliance with USDA licenses of vaccines used. Evidence of
13 such rabies inoculation shall be entered on a certificate the
14 form of which shall be approved by the Board and which shall be
15 signed by the licensed veterinarian administering the vaccine.
16 Veterinarians who inoculate a dog shall procure from the County
17 Animal Control serially numbered tags, one to be issued with
18 each inoculation certificate. Only one dog shall be included on
19 each certificate. The veterinarian immunizing or microchipping
20 an animal shall provide the Administrator with a certificate of
21 immunization and microchip number. The Board shall cause a
22 rabies inoculation tag to be issued, at a fee established by
23 the Board for each dog inoculated against rabies.
24     Rabies vaccine for use on animals shall be sold or
25 distributed only to licensed veterinarians. Such rabies
26 vaccine shall be licensed by the United States Department of
27 Agriculture.
28 (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)