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3-7A-2
Section 3-7A-2 Dogs, cats, and ferrets to be immunized; sale, etc., of vaccine; vaccination
exemptions. (a) Every owner of a dog, cat, or ferret required to be immunized for rabies as
defined in this chapter, shall cause the animal to be immunized by the rabies officer, his
or her authorized representative, or any duly licensed veterinarian, when the animal reaches
three months of age and subsequently in accordance with the intervals specified in the vaccine's
license. Notwithstanding the above, the State Board of Health may establish by rule vaccine
intervals or specific vaccines, or both, to be used in public rabies vaccination clinics,
based on considerations such as county specific prevalence of animal rabies or risk of animal
rabies and the vaccination rates of dogs, cats, and ferrets in a county. Evidence of immunization
shall consist of a printed certificate furnished by the Alabama Department of Public Health,
upon which shall be legibly inscribed: A description of the animal;...
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3-7A-9
Section 3-7A-9 Quarantine of dog, cat, or ferret which bites human being; destruction and examination
of animal; violations; instructions for quarantine; report of results; exemptions. (a) Whenever
the rabies officer or the health officer receives information that a human being has been
bitten or exposed by a dog, cat, or ferret required by this chapter to be immunized against
rabies, the officer or his or her authorized agent shall cause the dog, cat, or ferret to
be placed in quarantine under the direct supervision of a duly licensed veterinarian for rabies
observation as prescribed in Section 3-7A-1. It shall be unlawful for any person having knowledge
that a human being has been bitten or exposed by a dog, cat, or ferret to fail to notify one
or more of the aforementioned officers. Vaccinated dogs, cats, and ferrets may be authorized
to be quarantined in the home of the owner of the animal by the appropriate health officer.
(b) When a dog, cat, or ferret has no owner as determined...
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34-29-61
VETERINARIAN. A person who is validly and currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine
in Alabama. (13) LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN. A person who is validly and currently licensed
to practice as a veterinary technician in Alabama. (14) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership,
association, joint venture, cooperative, or corporation or any other group or combination
acting in concert; and whether or not acting as a principal, trustee, fiduciary, receiver,
or as any kind of legal or personal representative, or as the successor in interest,
assigning agent, factor, servant, employee, director, officer, or any other representative
of such person. (15) PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE: a. To diagnose, treat, correct, change,
relieve, or prevent animal disease, deformity, defect, injury, or other physical or
mental condition; including the prescription or administration of any drug, medicine, biologic,
apparatus, application, anesthesia, or other therapeutic or diagnostic...
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3-6A-4
(a)(1) When a person claims that a dog is dangerous, the person shall make a sworn statement
before a city magistrate or sheriff setting forth the name of the dog owner, if known, the
location where the dog is being kept in the city or county, and the reason he or she believes
the dog to be dangerous. (2) The sworn statement shall be delivered to an animal control officer
who shall complete a dangerous dog investigation.When the sworn statement claims that a dog
has caused serious physical injury or death to a person, the duties of the animal control
officer, including but not limited to the dangerous dog investigation, shall be carried out
by a law enforcement officer. (b) An animal control officer may initiate a dangerous dog investigation
in cases where a complaint has been made pursuant to subsection (a) and a person has been
bitten, received physical injury or serious physical injury, or has died. (c)(1)
In the event a dangerous dog investigation leads an animal control officer...
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25-4-10
situations); (v) In a position which, under or pursuant to the laws of this state or of an
Indian tribe, is designated as a major nontenured policymaking or advisory position or a policymaking
or advisory position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more
than 8 hours per week; or d. In a facility conducted for the purpose of carrying out a program
of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or
mental deficiency or injury or providing remunerative work for individuals who because
of their impaired physical or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive
labor market by an individual receiving such rehabilitation or remunerative work; provided
however, if an individual's employment is otherwise characterized as employment under subsection
(a) and the individual is performing work under the Javits Wagner O'Day Act or a similar set-aside
program under the laws of the United States, the...
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3-7A-5
Section 3-7A-5 Replacement of tag and certificate. In the event a tag or certificate is lost
after it has been legally issued, every replacement thereof shall be upon such terms as may
be agreed upon with the rabies officer or veterinarian by whom the animal has been immunized.
In that instance, a new certificate marked "duplicate" may be issued and distributed
according to Section 3-7A-2. (Acts 1990, No. 90-530, p. 816, §5; Act 2009-636, p. 1949, §1.)...
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3-7A-11
Section 3-7A-11 County rabies officer; application; appointment; term; powers and duties; authority
of county board of health. (a) The county board of health shall nominate annually one duly
licensed veterinarian from each county within the state for the position of rabies officer.
Applications for this position may be received from any duly licensed veterinarian residing
within the county, or in the event that no applications are received, from the Alabama Veterinary
Medical Association. Applications shall be provided to the chair of each county board of health
during the month of November. The county board of health, not later than January 31 of the
appointing year, shall select and appoint a nominee, subject to the approval of the State
Health Officer and the State Veterinarian. The appointee's term of office shall expire on
December 31 of the year of appointment; provided, however, that he or she shall be eligible
for reappointment. The rabies officer may be removed from office,...
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3-7A-4
Section 3-7A-4 Issuance of tag. Coincident with the issuance of the certificate of immunization,
the rabies officer, his authorized representative, or any duly licensed veterinarian, who
provided the certificate shall furnish a serially numbered tag bearing the same number and
year as that of the certificate, which tag shall at all times be attached to a collar or harness
worn by the dog or cat for which the certificate and tag have been issued. (Acts 1990, No.
90-530, p. 816, §4.)...
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3-7A-1
Section 3-7A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise: (1) CANINE CORPS DOGS. Those members of the canine family maintained by governmental
agencies for exclusive use in official duties assigned to those agencies. Seeing eye dogs
shall be included within the meaning of this definition. (2) CAT. All members of the domesticated
feline (Felis catus) family. (3) DOG. All members of the domesticated canine (Canis familiaris)
family. (4) FERRET. All members of the ferret (Mustela putorius furo) family. (5) HAS BEEN
EXPOSED. Suspected or confirmed contact of saliva with a break or abrasion of the skin or
with any mucous membrane, as determined by the health officer or medical or law enforcement
personnel. (6) HEALTH OFFICER. The State Health Officer or any county health officer as defined
in Section 22-3-2, or his or her designee. (7) IMMUNIZATION...
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35-11-390
Section 35-11-390 Lien declared. Every veterinarian duly licensed to practice veterinary medicine
and surgery in the state of Alabama who holds a certificate of qualification as provided by
chapter 29 of Title 34 shall have a lien on every animal kept, fed, treated or surgically
treated or operated on by him while in his custody and under contract with the owner of such
animal, for payment of his charges for keeping, feeding, treating or surgically treating or
operating on such animal, and he shall have the right to retain such animal until said charges
are paid. (Acts 1961, No. 718, p. 1026, §1.)...
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