95.21 Rabies control program.

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(1)Definitions. As used in this section:

(a)“Humane officer” means an officer appointed under s. 173.03 .

(am)“Isolation facility” means a humane society shelter, veterinary hospital, municipal pound or other place specified by an officer which is equipped with a pen or cage which isolates the animal from contact with other animals.

(b)“Officer” means a peace officer, local health officer, as defined in s. 250.01

(5), humane officer, warden, an employee designated by the department or other person designated by the governing body of the county, city, village or town.

(c)“Owner” includes a person who owns, harbors, keeps or controls an animal.

(d)“Peace officer” has the meaning designated under s. 939.22

(22).

(e)“Veterinarian” has the meaning designated under s. 89.02

(7).

(em)“Veterinary technician” has the meaning designated under s. 89.02

(12).

(f)“Warden” has the meaning designated under s. 24.01

(11).

(2)Rabies vaccination required for dogs.

(a)Requirement for vaccination. Except as provided in s. 174.054 or sub.

(d), the owner of a dog shall have the dog vaccinated against rabies by a veterinarian or, if a veterinarian is physically present at the location the vaccine is administered, by a veterinary technician, pursuant to s. 89.05

(d), at no later than 5 months of age and revaccinated within one year after the initial vaccination. If the owner obtains the dog or brings the dog into this state after the dog has reached 5 months of age, the owner shall have the dog vaccinated against rabies within 30 days after the dog is obtained or brought into the state unless the dog has been vaccinated as evidenced by a current certificate of rabies vaccination from this state or another state. The owner of a dog shall have the dog revaccinated against rabies by a veterinarian or, if a veterinarian is physically present at the location the vaccine is administered, by a veterinary technician, pursuant to s. 89.05

(d), before the date that the immunization expires as stated on the certificate of vaccination or, if no date is specified, within 3 years after the previous vaccination.

(b)Issuance of certificate of rabies vaccination. The person who administers the vaccine under par.

(a)shall complete and issue to the owner a certificate of rabies vaccination bearing a serial number and in the form approved by the department stating the owner’s name and address, the name, sex, spayed or unspayed, neutered or unneutered, breed and color of the dog, the date of the vaccination, the type of rabies vaccine administered and the manufacturer’s serial number, the date that the immunization expires as specified for that type of vaccine by the center for disease control of the U.S. department of health and human services and the city, village or town where the dog is required to be licensed.

(c)Copies of certificate. The veterinarian shall keep a copy of each certificate of rabies vaccination in a file maintained for this purpose until the date that the immunization expires or until the dog is revaccinated whichever occurs first.

(e)Rabies vaccination tag. After issuing the certificate of rabies vaccination, the person who administers the vaccine under par.

(a)shall deliver to the owner a rabies vaccination tag of durable material bearing the same serial number as the certificate, the year the vaccination was given and the name, address and telephone number of the supervising veterinarian.

(f)Tag to be attached. The owner shall attach the rabies vaccination tag or a substitute tag to a collar and a collar with the tag attached shall be kept on the dog at all times but this requirement does not apply to a dog during competition or training, to a dog while hunting, to a dog securely confined indoors, to a dog securely confined in a fenced area or to a dog while actively involved in herding or controlling livestock if the dog is under the control of its owner. The substitute tag shall be of a durable material and contain the same information as the rabies vaccination tag. The requirements of this paragraph do not apply to a dog which is not required to be vaccinated under sub.

(a).

(g)Duplicate tag. The person who administers the vaccine under par.

(a)may furnish a new rabies vaccination tag with a new serial number to an owner in place of the original tag upon presentation of the certificate of rabies vaccination. The person who administers the vaccine under par.

(a)shall then indicate the new tag number on the certificate and keep a record in the file.