96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0901


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













510 ILCS 5/8
  from Ch. 8, par. 358








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
















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    AN ACT concerning animals.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing 
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Section 8 as follows:
 



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    (510 ILCS 5/8)  (from Ch. 8, par. 358)



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    Sec. 8. Every owner of a dog 4 months or more of age shall 
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have each dog
inoculated against rabies
by a licensed 
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veterinarian. Every dog shall
have a second rabies vaccination 
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within one year of the
the first.  Terms of
subsequent
vaccine 
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administration and duration of immunity must be in compliance 
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with USDA
licenses of vaccines used.  Evidence of such rabies

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inoculation shall be entered on a certificate the form of which 
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shall be
approved by the Board and which shall contain the 
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microchip number of the animal if it has one and which shall be 
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signed by the licensed
veterinarian administering the vaccine.  
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Veterinarians who inoculate a dog
shall procure from the County 
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Animal
Control in the county where their office is located

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serially
numbered tags, one to be issued with each inoculation 
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certificate. Only one dog
shall be included on each 
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certificate. The veterinarian immunizing or
microchipping an 
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animal
shall
provide the
Administrator of the county in which 
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the animal resides with a certificate of immunization and 
 


 






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microchip number.  The
Board shall cause a rabies
inoculation 
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tag to be issued, at a fee established by the Board
for each

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dog inoculated against rabies.

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    Rabies vaccine for use on animals shall be sold or 
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distributed only to
and used only by licensed veterinarians. 
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Such rabies vaccine shall be
licensed by the United States 
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Department of Agriculture.

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    If a licensed veterinarian determines in writing that a 
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rabies inoculation would compromise an animal's health, then 
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the animal shall be exempt from the rabies shot requirement, 
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but the owner must still be responsible for the fees.

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(Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)