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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.06.02.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="02" heading="Risk Assessment Following Bite or Non-Bite Contact to Humans.">
  <text>Following the report of a bite or non-bite contact to a human, the local health officer shall conduct a risk assessment that includes a determination of:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The species of animal that made the contact;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Whether the animal is apparently healthy;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Whether the animal is adequately vaccinated appropriate to its age;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The type of contact;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Whether the bite or non-bite contact was provoked and what human activity may have provoked the bite or non-bite; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The reasonable likelihood that the contact animal may have rabies or may have been exposed to rabies within the past 6 months, including information about unsupervised out-of-doors escape episodes, injuries, and other potential contacts of the animal to wild animals or bats.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>