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MN HF1143
Bill
Status
3/4/2013
Primary Sponsor
Jeanne Poppe
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AI Summary
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Requires any person owning or caring for a dog four months of age or older to maintain current rabies vaccination according to the Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control standards.
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Proof of rabies vaccination must be a certified record issued by a licensed veterinarian per Board of Animal Health rules.
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Exempts dogs confined at Board of Animal Health licensed kennels, animal facilities operated by political subdivisions, or dogs exempted by the Board based on written veterinary recommendations due to medical contraindications.
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Local animal control and law enforcement officials enforce the requirement.
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Violation is classified as a misdemeanor offense.
Legislative Description
Dogs; mandatory rabies vaccination and proof of vaccination required.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture Policy
3/4/2013