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 Fayetteville
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 14. ANIMALS AND FOWL
 Article III. RABIES CONTROL

§ 14-71. Definitions.  

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  • Definitions as used in article III are as follows:

    Board means Fayette County Board of Health, State of Georgia.

    Certificate shall mean a certificate of vaccination on a form furnished or approved by the Georgia Department of Human Resources.

    Department means the department of human resources, State of Georgia.

    Director means the chief executive of the county board as defined in O.C.G.A. § 31-3-11 or in his absence, subject to approval of the board, a member of said board appointed by the chairman for the purposes enumerated herein.

    Dog shall mean a dog, of either sex, vaccinated or not vaccinated against rabies.

    Health department means the Fayette County Health Department or in the absence of a functioning health department, the Fayette County Board of Health.

    Owner shall mean any person having a right of property in a dog, or any person who permits a dog to remain on his premises.

    Person shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, municipality, county, society, or association.

    Rabies control fee shall mean that surcharge (fee) authorized by the State Health Code and levied by the county of residence at the time of rabies immunization of a pet animal in a private or public clinic. This fee is to be collected by the veterinarian and forwarded to the treasurer of the county of the animal owner's residence. The "rabies control fee" is not to be confused with any fees associated with licensing or registering pet animals, or the fee that shall be charged by the veterinarian for performing the vaccination.

    Rabies vaccination tag shall mean a tag furnished or approved by the Georgia Department of Human Resources and which tag shall be worn by the vaccinated dog.

    Vaccinate, inoculate shall mean the injection of a specified dose of antirabies vaccine by a veterinarian into the proper site of an animal, such vaccine having the U.S. Department of Agriculture Veterinary Biologics Control Section license number approval stamped on the label of the container and having been approved by the Georgia Department of Human Resources.

    Vaccine means an injectable material containing killed or attenuated rabies virus, licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Biologics Section, and approved by the Georgia Department of Human Resources. Vaccine used for the purpose of this rule shall be stored at the temperature prescribed on the purchase label. Outdated vaccine shall not be used.

    Veterinarian shall mean any person who holds a degree of doctor of veterinary medicine.

(Ord. No. 0-26-90, 9-4-90; Ord. No. 0-34-95, § 5-37, 9-18-95)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.