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r who fails to confine Iran animal in accordance with the instructions of the local health director shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. If the owner or the person who controls or possesses the animal that has bitten a person refuses to confine the animal as required by this ~~~; subsection, the local health director may order seizure of the animal and its confinement for 10 days at the expense of the owner. lec-a~ealt~i~eeter tie- ." SECTION 12. G.S. 130A-197 reads as rewritten: "§ 130A-197. Infected deg=-~~~±.: animals to be destroyed; protection of vaccinated .animals. When the local health director reasonably suspects that a-deg-e~a~an animal required to be vaccinated under this Part has been exposed to the saliva or nervous tissue of a proven rabid animal or animal reasonably suspected of having rabies that is not available for laboratory diagnosis, the deg-er-E:~animal shall be considered to have been exposed to rabies. der sa~An animal exposed to rabies shall be destroyed immediately by its owner, the county Animal Control Officer or a peace officer unless the deg-e~-c-~tanimal has been vaccinated against rabies in accordance with this Part and the rules of the Commission more than twee ~eelfs-28 da~prior to being exposed, and is given a booster dose of rabies vaccine within t~eefive days of the exposure. As an alternative to destruction, the deg-e~s~~animal may be quarantined at a facility approved by the local health director for a period up to six months, and under reasonable conditions imposed by the local health director." SECTION 13. G.S. 130A-198 reads as rewritten: "§ 130A-198. Confinement. A person who owns or has possession of an animal which is suspected of having rabies shall immediately notify the local health director or county Animal Control Officer and shall securely confine the animal in a place designated by the local health director. The animal shall be confined for a period of 10 days. Other animals may be destroyed at the discretion of the State Public Health Veterinarian." SECTION 14. G.S. 130A-199 reads as rewritten: "§ 130A-199. Rabid animals to be destroyed; heads to be sent to State Laboratory of Public Health. An animal diagnosed as having rabies by a licensed veterinarian shall be destroyed and its head sent to the State Laboratory of Public Health. The heads of all animals that die during eke-~A-da3~a confinement period required by r_ c , ~n n ~ ~~~ this Part shall be immediately sent to the State Laboratory of Public Health for rabies diagnosis." SECTION 15. This act becomes effective October 1, 2009. In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13~' day of July, 2009. s/ Walter H. Dalton President of the Senate s/ Joe Hackney Speaker of the House of Representatives s/ Beverly E. Perdue Governor Approved 9:33 a.m. this 24t1i day of July, 2009 7 i~ i C i i l u Attachment number 1 Page 4 Session L~~ 2009-327 SL2(~,O9e(~~,~7 n