Rabies
 3. (1) A medical officer of health who receives information under section 2 and who finds any person has been exposed to a rabid or suspected rabid animal so as to require rabies post-exposure prophylaxis shall provide information, including details of exposure and prophylaxis administered, to the Ministry. O. Reg. 501/17, s. 2 (1). (2) A medical officer of health or public health inspector who is of the opinion that a dog, cat or ferret may be rabid shall cause the dog, cat or ferret to be confined and isolated for at least ten days from all animals and persons, except the person caring for the dog, cat or ferret, (a) at the place of residence of the person caring for the dog, cat or ferret, if the dog, cat or ferret is free from symptoms of any disease; or (b) in a pound or veterinary hospital at the expense of the municipality in which the person caring for the dog, cat or ferret resides if the dog, cat or ferret exhibits symptoms of any disease or if, in the opinion of the medical officer of health or public health inspector, the person is unlikely to confine and isolate the dog, cat or ferret.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 557, s. 3 (2); O. Reg. 501/17, s. 2 (2). (2.1) A medical officer of health or public health inspector who is of the opinion that a horse, cow, bull, steer, calf, sheep, pig or goat may be rabid shall cause it to be confined and isolated for at least 14 days from all animals and persons, except the person caring for it, (a) at the location where the horse, cow, bull, steer, calf, sheep, pig or goat is ordinarily housed; or (b) at a veterinary hospital at the expense of the municipality in which the person caring for the horse, cow, bull, steer, calf, sheep, pig or goat resides if, in the opinion of the medical officer of health or public health inspector, the person is unlikely to confine and isolate it. O. Reg. 501/17, s. 2 (3). (3) Despite subsection (2) or (2.1), a medical officer of health or public health inspector, (a) may require the detention of an animal for the purpose of a veterinary examination for evidence of rabies and based on the results of the examination may cause the animal to be confined and isolated for such period as is necessary to determine that the animal is free from symptoms of rabies; or (b) may require the destruction of any animal at any time for the purpose of having a laboratory examination to determine if the animal is in the infective stage of rabies. O. Reg. 501/17, s. 2 (4). (4) In the case of a dog, cat or ferret, clause (3) (b) only applies where the dog, cat or ferret is unclaimed or where permission is given by the owner for the destruction of the dog, cat or ferret. O. Reg. 501/17, s. 2 (4). (4.1) A medical officer of health or public health inspector may require laboratory examination of a deceased animal for the purpose of determining if the animal was in the infective stage of rabies. O. Reg. 68/23, s. 1 (1). (5) The costs of a veterinary examination or destruction referred to in subsection (3) or (4) shall be borne by the municipality in which the animal is detained or the destruction is performed.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 557, s. 3 (5); O. Reg. 68/23, s. 1 (2). (6) A medical officer of health shall, as soon as possible, notify and provide particulars to the Ministry where the medical officer of health has reason to believe that an animal, (a) is rabid; or (b) has been in contact with another animal that is known to have rabies or that is suspected of having rabies. O. Reg. 501/17, s. 2 (5). (7) Where, after a laboratory examination, an animal is found to have been rabid or when there is clinical evidence of rabies, the medical officer of health shall so inform, (a) the owner or person who had been caring for the animal; and (b) every person known to have been in contact with the animal during the infective stage of the disease and the person’s attending physician or registered nurse in the extended class.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 557, s. 3 (7); O. Reg. 420/07, s. 2. (8) Where an animal has bitten a person or is suspected of being rabid and has had contact with a person and the animal dies or is killed prior to the completion of an appropriate observation period, the medical officer of health shall notify the Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians Rabies Response Program to arrange for the collection of an animal specimen for rabies testing. O. Reg. 501/17, s. 2 (6). Psittacosis — Ornithosis