The Secretary shall require a person to obtain from the Public Health Veterinarian a permit for keeping certain animals or species of animals if the Secretary has determined that these animals or species of animals represent a substantial threat of rabies to humans.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§18-102, 18-312—18-320, and 18-604, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: April 27, 1977 (4:9 Md. R. 714)

Preface and Regulation .01 recodified to Regulation .01 and Regulation .01-1, respectively, in July 1994

Regulation .09A, B amended effective February 14, 1994 (21:3 Md. R. 193)

Regulations .01—.14 repealed and new Regulations .01—.14 adopted effective November 16, 1998 (25:23 Md. R. 1696)

Regulation .01 amended effective September 14, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1174)

Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 2008 (35:3 Md. R. 286); emergency status extended at 35:9 Md. R. 892; amended permanently effective March 24, 2008 (35:6 Md. R. 698)

Regulation .02B amended effective February 15, 2016 (43:3 Md. R. 272); February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 253)

Regulation .03C, D amended effective September 14, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1174)

Regulation .03D amended effective May 20, 2019 (46:10 Md. R. 485)

Regulation .03E repealed effective September 14, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1174)

Regulation .04 amended effective September 14, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1174)

Regulation .04B, D amended effective February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 253)

Regulation .06E amended effective September 14, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1174)

Regulation .07 amended effective September 14, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1174)

Regulation .09 amended effective September 14, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1174)

Regulation .10 amended effective September 14, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1174)

Regulation .10B amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 2008 (35:3 Md. R. 286); emergency status extended at 35:9 Md. R. 892; amended permanently effective March 24, 2008 (35:6 Md. R. 698)

Regulation .11 amended effective September 14, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1174)

Regulation .13B amended effective September 14, 2015 (42:18 Md. R. 1174); February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 253)