PRINTER'S NO. 535
No. 511 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY SHUMAKER, GREENWOOD, PORTERFIELD, SALVATORE AND
LYNCH, FEBRUARY 13, 1989
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 13, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 15, 1986 (P.L.1610, No.181),
2 entitled "An act providing for the establishment and
3 operation of a Statewide system for the prevention and
4 control of rabies; imposing additional powers and duties on
5 the Departments of Agriculture and Health; providing for
6 emergency declarations; fixing penalties for violations; and
7 making an appropriation," further providing for the
8 vaccination of animals received by nonprofit kennels.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 8(e) of the act of December 15, 1986
12 (P.L.1610, No.181), known as the Rabies Prevention and Control
13 in Domestic Animals and Wildlife Act, amended July 1, 1987
14 (P.L.184, No.23), is amended to read:
15 Section 8. Vaccination required; certificate and tag.
16 * * *
17 (e) Animals received by nonprofit kennels.--Notwithstanding
18 any provision of this act, a nonprofit kennel is not required to
19 vaccinate an animal received by the kennel [for a period of ten
20 days]. However, it shall be the duty of a nonprofit kennel to
21 provide to any person with whom it places an animal a written
1 and dated notice that the animal must be vaccinated within ten
2 days of such placement in order to be in compliance with the
3 provisions of this act. The lack of a vaccination during the
4 period a nonprofit kennel keeps an animal and the ten-day period
5 after placement of that animal with another person shall not
6 constitute a violation of this act.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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