1. A. An animal control agency shall manage an exposed dog, cat, or ferret as follows:

   1. 1. If the exposed dog, cat, or ferret is currently vaccinated, the animal control agency shall:

      1. a. Revaccinate the animal with an approved rabies vaccine within seven days after the date that the animal is exposed; and
      2. b. Confine and observe the animal in the owner’s home or, at the owner’s expense, in a veterinary hospital or the animal control agency’s facility, as determined by the animal control agency, for 45 days after the animal is exposed; or

   2. 2. If the exposed dog, cat, or ferret is not currently vaccinated, the animal control agency shall:

      1. a. Euthanize the animal; or
      2. b. At the owner’s request, confine the animal for 120 days, at the owner’s expense, in a veterinary hospital or the animal control agency’s facility, as determined by the animal control agency, and vaccinate the animal with an approved rabies vaccine 28 days before it is released from confinement.

2. B. An animal control agency that is aware of an exposed animal, other than a cat, dog, ferret, or livestock, shall:

   1. 1. Make every effort to capture the exposed animal as soon as it is identified, and
   2. 2. Euthanize the animal as soon as it is captured.
3. C. An animal control agency shall release from confinement a dog, cat, or ferret exposed to a suspect case when the animal control agency receives a negative rabies report on the suspect case from the Department.
4. D. Livestock shall be handled according to A.A.C. R3-2-408.

Historical Note

Amended effective December 22, 1976 (Supp. 76-5). Correction, this Section shown as amended effective December 22, 1976 should read amended effective May 12, 1977 (Supp. 77-3). Amended effective April 10, 1980 (Supp. 80-2). Amended as an emergency effective August 31, 1982 pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1003, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 82-4). Emergency expired. Former R9-6-117 amended as a permanent rule by adding a new subsection (C) and repealing the former subsections (C), (D) and (E) effective January 21, 1983 (Supp. 83-1). Former Section R9-6-117 renumbered without change as R9-6-502 effective January 28, 1987 (Supp. 87-1). Section R9-6-502 repealed, new Section adopted effective January 20, 1992 (Supp. 92-1). Former Section R9-6-502 renumbered to R9-6-702, new Section R9-6-502 renumbered from R9-6-202 and amended effective October 19, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Former R9-6-502 renumbered to R9-6-503; new R9-6-502 renumbered from R9-6-501 and amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3559, effective October 2, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 1329, with an immediate effective date of August 4, 2021 (Supp. 21-3).