South Carolina Code 47-5-110. Pets bitten or otherwise exposed to animal suspected of having rabies
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 47-5-110
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, including county health departments. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
- Owner: means any person who:
(a) has a right of property in a pet;
(b) keeps or harbors a pet or who has it in his care or acts as its custodian; or
(c) permits a pet to remain on or about any premises occupied by him. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20 - Pet: means only domesticated cats, dogs, and ferrets. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
- Quarantine: means a prescribed, restricted confinement of a pet or other animal up to and including a state of enforced isolation. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
The county health department shall serve a written notice to the owner of a pet that has been bitten by or otherwise exposed to any animal affected or suspected of being affected by rabies. The notice must require the owner to have a currently inoculated pet revaccinated immediately and to quarantine the pet for a period of not less than forty-five days. An uninoculated pet must be quarantined for a period of not less than one hundred eighty days. The uninoculated pet must be inoculated after one hundred fifty days of the quarantine period and released from quarantine thirty days after that if no sign of rabies is observed.