31-19-4. Duty of notification.

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It shall be the duty of any person bitten by any animal reasonably suspected of being rabid immediately to notify the appropriate county board of health. It shall be the duty of the owner, custodian, or person having possession and knowledge of any animal which has bitten any person or animal or of any animal which exhibits any signs of rabies to notify the appropriate county board of health and to confine such animal in accordance with rules and regulations of the county board of health.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1945, p. 448, § 10; Code 1933, § 88-1504, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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