Contra Costa County |
Ordinance Code |
Title 4. HEALTH AND SAFETY |
Division 416. ANIMALS |
Chapter 416-10. RABIES CONTROL |
§ 416-10.004. Responsibility of health officer.
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The county health officer shall supervise rabies control. If he/she finds that rabies exists in this county, he/she shall take the control measures that he/she finds necessary and proper to abate the condition; and he/she may quarantine any animal to protect the public health. All county officers and employees, including the animal services director, shall cooperate with and assist the health officer in carrying out any measures necessary for rabies control.
(Ord. 80-97 § 2).