Title 6 - Animals

6.08.090 Rabies Impoundment Procedures.

Except as provided in 6.08.130, a dog, cat, or ferret which bites, scratches, or otherwise causes an abrasion that breaks the skin of a person shall immediately be quarantined at the owner’s expense by City personnel with a City authorized impounding agent or a licensed veterinarian, for a period of ten days. 1) If the owner is known and is present or is available to make arrangements, and the injury occurs during regular office hours, the animal will be impounded with a veterinarian of the owner’s choice whose place of business is in Johnson County, Kansas, for a period of ten days. 2) If the injury occurs after normal business hours, and the owner is unable or unavailable to make arrangements for impounding of the animal, the animal will be impounded at a City authorized impounding agent until the next business day at which time the owner must make arrangements for the animal to be transferred to the facility of a licensed veterinarian whose place of business is in Johnson County, Kansas, for the remainder of the confinement period. The total period of confinement of the animal is to be for a period of not less than ten days from the date of the actual bite, scratch or abrasion. Any animal quarantined at the City’s impound agent shall be transferred to a licensed veterinarian whose place of business is located within Johnson County, Kansas, no later than the next business day upon payment of all fees. Procedures related to the isolation of mammals other than dogs, cats and ferrets causing exposure to rabies for observation and procedures related to mammals exposed to rabies shall be in accordance with Kansas Administrative Regulations 28-1-13 and 28-1-14, or as otherwise directed by a county, state or federal health official with jurisdiction and knowledge of the same.

(History: Ord. DAC-2959 §2, 2012; DAC-2199 §1, 2000; DAC-1311 §10, 85; DAC-880 §2, 76; DAC-711 §3, 72)

Effective on: 1/1/1901