Chapter 19. CONTROL OF RABIES  


§ 31-19-1. Responsibility for control
§ 31-19-2. Powers of department in infected area
§ 31-19-3. Licensing and regulation of animals by local authorities
§ 31-19-4. Duty of notification
§ 31-19-5. Inoculation of canines and felines against rabies
§ 31-19-6. Certificates of inoculation; tags
§ 31-19-7. County rabies control officer
§ 31-19-8. Joint administration of chapter by adjoining counties
§ 31-19-9. Applicability to municipalities with rabies control laws
§ 31-19-10. Penalty

REFS & ANNOS

TITLE 31 Chapter 19 NOTE

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Control of rabies, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Resources (now Department of Human Services), Public Health, Chapter 290-5-2.
 
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
 
CONTROL OF RABIES GENERALLY IS DELEGATED TO COUNTY BOARDS OF HEALTH and control of dangerous drugs is vested with State Board of Pharmacy and state drug inspector (now director of Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency). 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-23.
 
EXPENSE OF CONFINING ANIMALS EXHIBITING SIGNS OF RABIES INCLUDED IN COUNTY BOARD'S BUDGET. --Local county boards of health should prescribe rules for prevention and control of rabies by providing for vaccination, tagging, and certification of dogs, and for confinement of any animal which exhibits any signs of rabies; cost of such confinement would be an expense of county board of health to be included in the board's budget which is submitted to local taxing authorities under provisions of Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-21.
 
RESPONSIBILITY OF COUNTY BOARDS OF HEALTH REGARDING STRAYS AND UNWANTED DOGS. --Local county boards of health should adopt rules and regulations relative to catching and impounding of strays and unwanted dogs. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-21.
 
RESEARCH REFERENCES
 
C.J.S. --3B C.J.S., Animals, § 128.
 
ALR. --Liability for injuries inflicted by rabid dog, 13 ALR 492.
   Constitutionality of "dog laws," 49 ALR 847.
   Right to and measure of compensation for animals or trees destroyed to prevent spread of disease or infection, 67 ALR 208.
   Liability for injuries caused by cat, 68 ALR4th 823.