Bill Text: NY A09687 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Exempts certain police work dogs, that may bite an individual in the course of their official duty, from confinement and observation periods.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-08-02 - print number 9687a [A09687 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09687-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        9687--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 23, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Health -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to exempting police
         dogs from confinement and observation
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 2140 of the public health law, as
    2  amended by chapter 510 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    7.  "Confinement and observation" refers to the conditions under which
    5  apparently healthy dogs, cats, domesticated ferrets, and domestic  live-
    6  stock,  which  are not exhibiting symptoms of rabies, must be maintained
    7  to determine rabies status if such an animal has potentially  exposed  a
    8  person  to rabies, and the owner wishes to avoid euthanizing and testing
    9  the animal. If  the  county  health  authority  does  not  approve  home
   10  confinement,  the  ten  day confinement and observation period must take
   11  place, at owner's expense, at an appropriate facility such as an  animal
   12  shelter,  veterinarian's  office,  kennel  or farm. The confinement must
   13  include (i) provisions to  prevent  escape  of  the  animal  during  the
   14  confinement  period  and  (ii)  requirements  that  the owner notify the
   15  public health authority immediately if the animal becomes ill at anytime
   16  during confinement, and (iii) verification by the county health authori-
   17  ty or their designee at the end of the ten day period that the animal is
   18  healthy. IF A POLICE WORK DOG BITES AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE COURSE OF THEIR
   19  OFFICIAL DUTY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY APPLY FOR A WAIVER FROM CONFINE-
   20  MENT FROM THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. IN ORDER TO  OBTAIN  A  WAIVER
   21  THE  POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH AN
   22  UPDATED RABIES VACCINATION RECORD.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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