California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 4 - Preventive Medical Service › Subchapter 1 - Reportable Diseases and Conditions › Article 3 - Specific Diseases and Conditions › Section 2606.4 - Officially Declared Rabies Areas

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Administration and Enforcement. For purposes of administration and enforcement of
					 section
					 121690,
					 California Health and Safety Code, in officially declared rabies areas, the
					 following shall apply:
(1) Licensing and
					 Vaccination Procedure. The vaccination of dogs three months of age or older as
					 required by subdivision (b), section
					 121690,
					 California Health and Safety Code, shall be held a requisite to licensing as
					 required under subdivision (a) therein. Completion of the licensing procedure
					 consists of issuance of a license tag or a vaccination tag bearing the license data
					 and shall be carried out only after presentation of a current valid official
					 vaccination certificate. Current copies of the Compendium of Canine Rabies Vaccines
					 approved by the Department, together with the maximum immunity duration periods
					 prescribed by the Department for each type product, are available on the
					 Veterinary-Public Health Section, Infectious Disease Branch, California Department
					 of Public Health website or upon request at vetph@cdph.ca.gov.
(2) Vaccination Certificates. Official vaccination
					 certificates must show:
(A) the name, address and
					 telephone number of the dog's owner;
(B)
					 the description of the dog, including breed, color, age, and sex;
(C) the date of immunization;
(D) the type of rabies vaccine
					 administered;
(E) the name of the
					 manufacturer; and
(F) the lot number of
					 the vaccine used.
Such certificates shall bear the signature of the veterinarian
						administering the vaccine or a signature authorized by him, and in addition such
						certificate shall be stamped, printed, or typed with his name, address and telephone
						number for legibility, with the exception that at dog vaccination clinics conducted
						pursuant to section
						121690(f)
						of the Health and Safety Code, vaccination certificates approved by the local health
						officer may be used provided that the specific clinic is identified upon the
						vaccination certificate and records are maintained containing the information
						specified under items (E) and (F) above.
(3) Interval Permitted for Procurement of License.
					 The vaccination of dogs four months of age against rabies as required under
					 subdivision (b), section
					 121690,
					 California Health and Safety Code, and the license required by subdivision (a) of
					 said section shall be procured not later than 30 days after the dog attains the age
					 of four months. The license renewal shall be procured not later than 60 days after
					 expiration of the previously issued license.
(4) Rabies Control Activities Reporting. During
					 such time as a county is under official declaration as a rabies area, each local
					 official responsible for the various phases of local dog or rabies control within
					 each city, county and city or cities, or county shall make quarterly rabies control
					 activities reports to and on forms furnished by the Department. Such reports shall
					 be submitted to the Department by the local officials responsible for the various
					 phases of local dog or rabies control through the local health officer so as to
					 reach the Department not later than 30 days following each
					 quarter.