H 4325 Session 109 (1991-1992)
H 4325 General Bill, By J.J. Snow
A Bill to amend Chapter 5, Title 47, as amended, Code of Laws of South
Carolina, 1976, relating to rabies control, so as to revise the provisions for
rabies control of pets and other animals including definitions, inoculations,
notices, bites and attacks, confinements, quarantines, enforcement, and
penalties.
01/30/92 House Introduced and read first time HJ-9
01/30/92 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-10
03/18/92 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental
Affairs HJ-9
03/26/92 House Amended HJ-25
03/26/92 House Read second time HJ-27
03/31/92 House Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-48
04/01/92 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-6
04/01/92 Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
Resources SJ-6
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
AMENDED
March 26, 1992
H. 4325
Introduced by REP. Snow
S. Printed 3/26/92--H.
Read the first time January 30, 1992.
A BILL
TO AMEND CHAPTER 5, TITLE 47, AS AMENDED, CODE OF
LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RABIES
CONTROL, SO AS TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS FOR RABIES
CONTROL OF PETS AND OTHER ANIMALS INCLUDING
DEFINITIONS, INOCULATIONS, NOTICES, BITES AND
ATTACKS, CONFINEMENTS, QUARANTINES, ENFORCEMENT,
AND PENALTIES.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 47-5-60 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 47-5-60. Prior to July first of each year, every
A pet owner of a pet shall must have his
pet it inoculated against rabies, except those pets
receiving an inoculation, evidenced by a certificate, from a licensed
graduate veterinarian at a frequency to provide continuous
protection of the pet from rabies using a vaccine good for a
longer period of time than one year, such vaccine to be of an approved
and proven quality with the longer period of time to be specified
approved by the department of Health and Environmental
Control after consultation with the Executive Committee of the South
Carolina Association of Veterinarians. Evidence of such inoculation
shall consist of a certificate signed by a licensed graduate veterinarian.
This certificate shall be in a form prepared and issued by the Department
of Health and Environmental Control and no other certificate shall be
used and licensed by the United States Department of
Agriculture--Veterinary Biologics Division. Evidence of rabies
inoculation is a certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian. The rabies
vaccination certificate forms may be provided by the licensed
veterinarian or by the department or its designee. The veterinarian
may stamp or write his name and address on such the
certificate. One The certificate must include information
recommended by the National Association of State Public Health
Veterinarians. The licensed veterinarian administering the vaccine shall
provide one copy of the certificate shall be given to the
owner, one filed with the county health department, and one retained
by the person administering the vaccine of the pet and must
retain one copy in his files for not less than three years.
Coincident With the issuance of the certificate, the licensed
graduate veterinarian shall also furnish a serially
numbered metal license tag bearing the same number and year as the
certificate with the name and telephone number of the veterinarian,
veterinary hospital, or practice. The metal license tag, when
issued by the licensed graduate veterinarian, shall bear the name of such
veterinarian. The metal license tag shall at all times
must be attached to a collar or harness worn by the pet for
which the certificate and tag have been issued. Annually before
February first, the veterinarian shall report to the department the number
of animals inoculated against rabies during the preceding year. The
department in conjunction with licensed veterinarians, shall promote
annual rabies clinics. The fee for rabies inoculation at these clinics may
not exceed three dollars including the cost of the vaccine, and this
charge must be paid by the pet owner. Fees collected by veterinarians
at these clinics are their compensation."
SECTION 2. Section 47-5-150 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 47-5-150. The When it considers
necessary, the department of Health and Environmental
Control shall furnish free of cost antirabic (human) vaccine
to the physician attendant upon persons bitten by any or
otherwise exposed to a pet or other animal found or suspected to be
affected by rabies. Such If the department considers it
necessary to provide antirabic (human) vaccine shall meet the
standard and approval of the United States Public Health Service
to the persons bitten or otherwise exposed to a pet suspected of or
having rabies that has not been vaccinated, the pet owner shall reimburse
the department for the cost of the vaccine. Reimbursement is
due the department within thirty days after billing."
SECTION 3. Section 47-5-180 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 47-5-180. The rabies control officer, under the
direction of the county health department or the county board of
health, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and,
for the purpose of enforcing this chapter,. The sheriff and
his deputies, and the police officers in each incorporated
municipality, and animal control officials in each county and
municipality shall be aides and are instructed to assist
and cooperate with the county health department in carrying out
the provisions of enforcing this chapter.
The rabies control officer shall organize and publicize the annual
clinics in conjunction with licensed graduate veterinarians. In the event
that a licensed graduate veterinarian does not reside within the county,
then the rabies control officer shall contact the Department of Health and
Environmental Control which shall provide a veterinarian to conduct the
annual clinics."
SECTION 4. Sections 47-5-70, 47-5-130, 47-5-140, 47-5-160, and
47-5-170 of the 1976 Code are repealed.
SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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