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O.C.G.A. § 31-19-1 Responsibility for control
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Each county board of health shall have primary responsibility for the control of rabies within its jurisdiction. Such boards, in addition to their other powers, are empowered and required to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the prevention and control of such disease…
O.C.G.A. § 31-19-10 Penalty
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Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. — Ga. L. 1945, p. 448, § 11; Code 1933, § 88-1507, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.
O.C.G.A. § 31-19-2 Powers of department in infected area
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The department may declare any county or any area therein or any group of counties or areas therein where rabies exists to be an infected area and may provide for immunization and such other measures as shall be indicated for the prevention and control of the disease. History. — …
O.C.G.A. § 31-19-3 Licensing and regulation of animals by local authorities
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The governing authorities of each county and municipality are authorized and required, in the control of rabies, to require regulation or licensing of animals. History. — Code 1933, § 88-1503, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 834, § 2.