Bill Text: NJ A1027 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits the rabies inoculation of dogs at pounds or shelters under the direction of certain veterinarians.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee [A1027 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1027-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOSEPH R. MALONE, III
District 30 (Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Permits the rabies inoculation of dogs at pounds or shelters under the direction of certain veterinarians.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the inoculation of dogs against rabies and amending P.L.1973, c.263.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1973, c.263 (C.4:19-15.2a) is amended to read as follows:
1. No municipal clerk or other official designated by the governing body of any municipality to license dogs therein shall grant any such license and official metal registration tag for any dog unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the dog to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine of a type approved by and administered in accordance with the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, or has been certified exempt as provided by regulations of the State Department of Health. Such vaccination shall be repeated at intervals as provided by regulations of the State Department of Health, and shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same, or, at a licensed pound or shelter, under the direction of a duly licensed veterinarian or such other veterinarian permitted by law to administer vaccinations, who is employed by the licensed pound or shelter. The State Department of Health shall promulgate regulations providing for the recognized duration of immunity, interval of inoculation, certificate of vaccination, certificate of exemption, and such other matters related to this act.
(cf: P.L.1973, c.263, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides for the inoculation of dogs against rabies in licensed pounds or shelters under the direction of a licensed veterinarian, or other veterinarian permitted by law to administer vaccinations, who is employed by the licensed pound or shelter.
