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(e) In tile case of any carnivore or bat tile animal may ha autbasized aud rile head examined for rabies. Sec. 6. Destruction or confinement of animal bitteo by rahid animal. (a) If an animal has a current rabies inoculation and is bitten by a known rabid animal, tile animal hitten sbal] be revaccinated and returned to tile oi~]er. (b) If au animal does not bave it current rabies inoculation and is bitter by a known rabid animal, the owner of tile bitten aeimal must strictly isolatr the bitten animal in all animal shelter, boarding kennel, or at a veterinar5 hospital for a period of six (6) months or tbe animal will be immediate]} des troyed. Sec. 7, Area-wide emergency qnarantine. (a) When reports indicate a positive diagnosis of rahies, the Count] Director of Pnhlic Health may order an area-wide quarantine for such period a he deems secessary. Upon invoking of such emergen&y quarantine, no dog, cat o other carnivore shall be taken late tile streets or permitted to be ill th streets during sucb period. During sucb quarantine, no dog, cat or otbe carnivore may be taken or sbil>ped from the county wJtbout written permission o tile Animal Control Department and the police and sheriff's departments ar hereby directed during such emergency, to impouud any dog, cat or othi: carnivore found runniug at large ill the county. During the quarantiee period tbe Animal Control Department or tile local health authorities sbatl be empowere to provide for a program of mass inanunization by tile establisbment of temporal emergency rabies vaccination facilities strategically located throughont tt county. (b) In tile event there are additioual positive cases of rahies occurri~ during tile period of quarantine, such period of quarautine may be exteuded ; tile discretion of tile County Director of Public Healtb. Sec. 8. Postmortem dia[nosis. (a) If all animal dies wbi]e under observation for rabies, the head of su, animal shall be immediately snbmitted to the County tlealrh Department f sbipment to tile Laboratory Section of tile Division of Itealth Services for rabi. diagnosis. (b) The carcass of auy animal suspected of dying of rabies shall surrendered to the Animal Control l)epartment. Tbe bead of such animal sha]l inmlediately submitted to the County llealth Departmeet for shlpmeat to t Laboratory Section of the l)ivision of ltealth Services for rabies diagnosis. /D