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TextRabies Ordinance
AN ORDINANCE to amend Article 2, Chapter 41 of the Fairfax County Code, relating to animals and rabies control, by adding a new section numbered 41-2-15 relating to the establishment of an oral rabies vaccine distribution program.
Be it ordained by the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, Virginia:
1. That Article 2, Chapter 41 of the Fairfax County Code is amended by adding a new section 41-2-15 as follows:
Section 41-2-15. Oral rabies vaccine distribution program.
(a) The Board of Supervisors hereby creates a program for the
distribution of oral rabies vaccine within the County to prevent
the
spread of rabies. The program, including, but not limited to, the time
and method of rabies vaccine distribution, shall be administered by the
County Health Department and its duly authorized representatives. Subject
to the notice provisions set forth below, those persons administering the
program are authorized to enter upon property located in the County for
the purpose of distribution of oral rabies vaccine and may use any other
method to place the oral rabies vaccine on the property.
(b) Notice shall be given to the owner or occupant of property prior to
entry upon the property for the purpose of the distribution of oral
rabies vaccine or the use of any other methods to place oral rabies
vaccine on the property. Notice shall be given by (i) sending two letters
by first-class mail, at successive intervals of not less than two weeks
and (ii) printing a copy of the form of the notice, at least once, in a
newspaper of general circulation in the County. Written notice shall be
in a form approved by the governing body and shall include a description
of the purpose for which entry upon the property is to be made, the time
and method of rabies distribution at the property, and the submission
deadline for requests by any owner or occupant of property who wishes to
be excluded from the oral rabies vaccine distribution program.
(c) The owner or occupant of property may refuse to allow the
distribution of oral rabies vaccine upon such property. Any owner or
occupant who wishes to be excluded from the oral rabies vaccine
distribution program shall provide a written request for nonparticipation
in the manner and by the date specified in the written notice. No further
action to distribute oral rabies vaccine shall be taken for a period of
one year with respect to any property for which a request for
nonparticipation has been received.
2. That this ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
GIVEN under my hand this _______ day of _____________________, 2001.
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Nancy Vehrs
Clerk to the Board of Supervisors
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