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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 10-302 Rabies – Possible exposure.">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-302" heading="Rabies – Possible exposure.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Required reporting.">In addition to complying with State Health-General Article, § 18-316, a person must immediately, by telephone or in person, report to the Commissioner and the Baltimore City Police Department whenever that person has knowledge of:<para num="(1)">any animal susceptible to rabies that:<para num="(i)">has bitten or scratched and broken the skin of any human being; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">otherwise has exposed any human being to a possible rabies infection;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">any animal that has been bitten by another animal suspected of having rabies; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">any other animal that is suspected of having rabies.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Isolation and examination.">In addition to the requirements of State Health-General Article, § 18-316, the following apply to a  quarantined animal:<para num="(1)">the animal must be isolated in the manner and for the period that the Commissioner directs; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">at any time during the isolation, the Commissioner or the owner or custodian of the animal may direct that the animal be humanely killed for the purpose of rabies testing.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Expenses.">
      <para num="(1)">The isolation and examination of an animal under this section is at the expense of the animal’s owner or custodian.</para>
      <para num="(2)">When the animal is impounded, the animal’s owner or custodian must pay to the Office an initial deposit, as set under &lt;cite data-path="|health|§10-106"&gt;§ 10-106 of this title&lt;/cite&gt;, toward expenses related to isolation and examination.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Release of animal.">An animal isolated under this section may be released only:<para num="(1)">with the consent of the Commissioner; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">on payment of:<para num="(i)">the fee set for each day or part of a day that the animal was held; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">all costs incurred during the isolation.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §35(d), (e)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-573</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
