Georgia Code, Title 31, Chapter 19 - Control of Rabies

• § 31-19-1 - Responsibility for Control
  Each county board of health shall have primary responsibility for the control of rabies within its jurisdiction. Such boards, in addition to their other...
• § 31-19-2 - Powers of Department in Infected Area
  The department may declare any county or any area therein or any group of counties or areas therein where rabies exists to be an...
• § 31-19-3 - Licensing and Regulation of Animals by Local Authorities
  The governing authorities of each county and municipality are authorized and required, in the control of rabies, to require regulation or licensing of animals.
• § 31-19-4 - Duty of Notification
  It shall be the duty of any person bitten by any animal reasonably suspected of being rabid immediately to notify the appropriate county board...
• § 31-19-5 - Inoculation of Canines and Felines Against Rabies
  The county boards of health are empowered and required to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations requiring canines and felines to be inoculated against...
• § 31-19-6 - Certificates of Inoculation; Tags
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2089, § 2, effective July 1, 1992.
• § 31-19-7 - County Rabies Control Officer
  (a) The county board of health shall appoint a person who is knowledgeable of animals to be the county rabies control officer. It shall...
• § 31-19-8 - Joint Administration of Chapter by Adjoining Counties
  The governing authority of each county may devise and implement plans whereby this chapter, as amended, is administered jointly with one or more adjoining
• § 31-19-9 - Applicability to Municipalities With Rabies Control Laws
  This chapter shall not apply to municipalities which already have a rabies control law unless and until such law is repealed.
• § 31-19-10 - Penalty
  Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Last modified: October 14, 2016