Physicians to report persons bitten by dogs, cats, ferrets, and other animals -- Reporting when local health department is closed
KRS 258.065
in effect258.065. Physicians to report persons bitten by dogs, cats, ferrets, and other animals -- Reporting when local health department is closed
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every physician shall, within twelve (12) hours after his first professional attendance of a person bitten by a dog, cat, ferret, or other animal, report to the local health department the name, age, sex, and precise location of the person so bitten. If a child is bitten and no physician attends, the report shall be made by his parents or guardian. If an adult is bitten and no physician attends, he or the person caring for him shall make the report.
(2) If the local health department is closed when a physician, parent, guardian, or other adult attends to a bitten person, the physician, parent, guardian, or other adult shall report the incident on the next working day of the health department.
Effective: July 13, 2004
History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 7, effective July 13, 2004. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 7, effective June 17, 1954. Note: 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 82 would have amended this section effective July 1, 1982. However, 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396 was repealed by 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 146, also effective July 1, 1982.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=12422Fetched: 10/20/2026