Finding of rabies; general quarantine.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 531-305
in effectSec. 531-305. - Finding of rabies; general quarantine.
(a) When an animal quarantined in the city has been found rabid or is suspected of being rabid by a veterinarian and dies while under observation, the quarantining authority shall take such action as is specified in such cases by the state board of animal health and shall notify the proper public health officials of reports of human contacts made by, and the diagnosis made of, the animal.
(b) When a rabies report is made under subsection (a) of this section, the quarantining authority shall recommend to the director of the animal care services agency a general quarantine in the city for a period of thirty (30) days. Upon invocation of the general quarantine by the director, any animal found at large in the city may be destroyed without being impounded. During the quarantine period, every animal bitten or exposed through nonbite exposure by an animal adjudged to be rabid shall be confined, at its owner's expense, or destroyed as specified by the state board of animal health.
(c) During a general quarantine declared by the director under this section, an animal's owner or keeper who resists the quarantining authority acting under this chapter, or who permits an animal owned or kept by that person to be at large in the city, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), and any animal which is suspected of being rabid or is in violation of the general quarantine shall be impounded.
(G.O. 30, 1998, § 1; G.O. 169, 1999, § 3; G.O. 13, 2016, § 34; G.O. 41, 2016, § 2; G.O. 37, 2024, § 1)
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