South Carolina § 47-5-110 Pets bitten or otherwise exposed to animal suspected of having rabies.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 47-5-110 — Pets bitten or otherwise exposed to animal suspected of having rabies.

South Carolina § 47-5-110

Title 47ANIMALS, LIVESTOCK, AND POULTRY

Ch. 5RABIES CONTROL

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 47-5-110 (2026).

Text

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.

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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.