Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › COMMUNICABLE DISEASES › Chapter 246-100 - Communicable and certain other diseases › Section 246-100-197 - Rabies - Measures to prevent human disease

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The purpose of this rule is to protect
				the public from rabies, a deadly disease.
(2) The definitions in this subsection apply
				throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(a) "Adequate anamnestic response" means
				paired serum specimens that show a two fold increase in titer between the first
				and second specimens, and show the second titer is above 0.5 IU/mL
				(1:50).
(b) "Animal exhibitor"
				means a person with a valid class C certification as an exhibitor under the
				Animal Welfare Act,  7 U.S.C. 2131-2159.
(c) "Cat" means an animal of the species
Felis domesticus
, and excludes felid hybrid animals.
(d) "Certificate of veterinary inspection"
				means a legible veterinary health inspection certificate on an official form
				(electronic or paper) from the state of origin or from Animal and Plant Health
				Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
				executed by a licensed and accredited veterinarian or a veterinarian approved
				by APHIS, USDA.
(e) "Dog" means an
				animal of the species
Canis familiaris
and excludes canid
				hybrid animals.
(f) "Entry permit"
				means prior written permission from the director of the department of
				agriculture.
(g) "Euthanize" means
				to humanely destroy an animal by a method that involves instantaneous
				unconsciousness and immediate death or by a method that causes painless loss of
				consciousness and death during the loss of consciousness.
(h) "Ferret" means an animal of the species
Mus-tela furo
.
(i)
				"Hybrid" means any mammal which is the offspring of the reproduction between
				any species of:
(i) Wild canid or hybrid wild
				canid and a domestic dog or hybrid wild canid, or is represented by its owner
				to be a wolf hybrid, coyote hybrid, coy dog or any other kind of wild canid
				hybrid; or
(ii) Wild felid or
				hybrid wild felid and a domestic cat or hybrid wild felid or is represented by
				its owner to be a wild felid hybrid.
(j) "Livestock" means horses, mules, donkeys,
				cattle, bison, sheep, goats, swine, rabbits, llamas, alpacas, ratites, poultry,
				waterfowl, game birds, and other species so designated by statute. Livestock
				does not mean "wild animals" as defined in
				RCW
				   77.08.010.
(k) "Owner" means any person legally
				responsible for the care and actions of a pet animal.
(l) "Person" means any individual,
				corporation, company, association, society, firm, partnership, joint stock
				company, or governmental agency; or the authorized agents of these
				entities.
(m) "Prospective
				serologic monitoring protocol" means the protocol identified in Part I B.5 of
				the
Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control
,
				2016.
(n) "Research facility" means
				a person with a valid class R certification as a research facility under the
				Animal Welfare Act,  7 U.S.C. 2131-2159.
(o) "USDA" means the United States Department
				of Agriculture.
(p) "Vaccination
				status" means one of the following:
(i)
				"Currently vaccinated" means a dog, cat, or ferret that has been initially
				vaccinated and revaccinated against rabies following veterinary and
				USDA-licensed rabies vaccine manufacturer instructions.
(ii) "Overdue for vaccination" means a dog,
				cat, or ferret that has not received a booster vaccination against rabies
				following veterinary and USDA-licensed rabies vaccine manufacturer
				instructions.
(iii) "Unvaccinated"
				means a dog, cat, or ferret that has never received a vaccination against
				rabies.
(q) "Wildlife
				rehabilitator" means a person with a valid permit as a wildlife rehabilitator
				under chapter 77.12 RCW.
(r)
				"Zoological park" means an accredited member of the American Zoo and Aquarium
				Association (AZA).